Lok Sabha Question No. 251 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Flood Management Programmes
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Soyam Babu Rao

DEPARTMENT OF

THE MINISTER OF

JAL SHAKTI

(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF

JAL SHAKTI,

WATER RESOURCES,

RIVER DEVELOPMENT &

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *251

ANSWERED ON 05 . 12.201 9

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT PRO GRAMMES

*251.

SHRI SELVAM G. SHRI SOYAM BAPU RAO

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing Flood Management Programmes/Schemes to prevent erosion in flood prone areas and if so, the details thereof along with the success achieved i d;

(b) the problems faced by the Government in implementing the said programmes/schemes and t taken to overcome the same;

- (c) the quantum of funds allocated/ sanctioned by the Government thereunder during the last and the current year;
- (d) whether the Government has consulted the States to identify the areas of specific and m concern and intends to i nitiate a joint effort in resolving the issue and if so, the details an thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government is taking any concrete steps to prevent river erosion in flood so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons the refor along with the further measures proposed by Government to check soil/bank erosion, conserve/utilize rain water and control recurring country?

## ANSWER

GANGA

REJUVENATION

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO (E)  OF  STARRED  QUESTION NO.*251 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  05.12.2019  REGARDING  'FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES' ASKED BY SHRI SELVAM G AND SHRI SOYAM BAPU RAO, HON'BLE M.Ps.

(a) The flood management schemes including anti - eros on schemes are formulated and implemented by concerned State Governments with their own funds as per their priority. Union Government s efforts of the States by providin g technical guidance and promotional financial assistance for mana of floods in critical areas.

Government of India had launched a State Sector Scheme namely 'Flood Management Programme (FMP)' during XI Plan for providing financial assistance to the State Governments for taking up works related  to  river  management,  flood  control,  anti - erosion,  drainage  development,  flood  proofing  wor restoration of damaged flood management works and anti - sea erosion works which was continued during XII  Plan.  F or  t hree  years  period  beyond  XII  Plan,  from  2017 - 18  to  2019 - 20  FMP  scheme  has  been included as a component of "Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)" of Ministr Jal Shakti.

A total of 522 projects with an estimated cost of Rs.13238.36 crore were approved and included under FMP during XI and XII Plan. Since start of XI Plan, total Central Assistance released under FMP up till March, 2019 is Rs.5863.95 crore. A Committee under the Chairman, Centr Commission in the year 2018 has reviewed the 522 projects approved during XI and XII Plan under FMP. As  per  the  report  of  the  Committee,  403  schemes  have  been  physically  completed.  Implemen Flood Management Programme during XI and XII Plan has provided a reasonable degree of protection to an area of 3.466 million ha and 26.58 million population.

(b) Major  issues/problems  encountered  while  implementing  the  scheme  by  State  Government acquisition  of  land  for  the  project,  litigations,  non - release  of  State  Share,  inadequate budget  allocation which  leads  to  extension  of  time  for  completion.  Time  to  time  reviews  are  being  held Govts/Project Authorities for resolving the bottlenecks of the projects and their expediti The  Committee  constituted  under  Cha irman,  Central  Water  Commission  in  the  year  2018  critic examined the status of completion, prioritisation and continuation or otherwise by carryin visits with concerned State Government officials to the projects.

(c) The Central Assi stance released to the States under FMP component of FMBAP during last thre and in the current year is at Annexure - I.

(d) In  order  to  formulate  the  strategy  for  flood  management  works  in  the  entire  countr management  activities  and  works  in  the  border  areas  for  period  2020 -2023,  a  Committee  has  been constituted by NITI Aayog under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. Besides, Officials from Government of India, Experts from the field, Principal Secretaries from States of Jammu & Ka Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Punjab, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh and K also the memb ers of  the Committee constituted by NITI Aayog.

(e) Floods are natural calamity and is attributed to various factors like wide variation in time and space with frequent departure from normal pattern, inadequate carrying capacities o bank erosion, silting of river beds, landsl ides, poor natural drainage, snow melts and glacial lake out bursts. The Government of India has been making regular efforts to assist the State Governments in ef management and it had taken several important actions, including setting up of V arious Expert Committees /  Task  Forces/  Commissions  from  time  to  time,  which  studied  the  flood  problems  and  reco suitable flood management measures for implementation by the State Governments. A gist of initiatives is as under:

- (i) Ganga Floo d Control Commission (GFCC) was set up at Patna in 1972 to address the fl and erosion problems of Ganga basin States. It has prepared 23 Comprehensive Master for the Ganga Basin States and circulated them to concerned States for implementatio
- (ii) Rashtriya  Barh  Ayog  (RBA)  was  set  up  in  1976  which  submitted  its  report  in  1 recommending various measures of flood control.
- (iii)Brahmaputra Board was set up in 1980 to address the flood erosion problems in the Eastern  States  including  North  Bengal  and  Sikkim.  It  has  prepared  57  Master  Plan circulated them to concerned States for implementation.
- (iv) The Task Force - 2004 onFlood Management / Erosion Control, set up in August, 2004, submitted its Report in December, 2004 recommending immediate, short - term and long - term measures for flood management and erosion control in the States of Assam & neighbou North - Eastern State s, Bihar, West Bengal, Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
- (v) The Government of India is having regular dialogue with neighbouring countries viz. Bhutan, Bangladesh and China on flood management aspects in India, besides other i related to water resources.
- (vi) As  a  non - structural  measure,  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC)  has  established  a  flo forecasting network across the country and issues flood forecasts at 325 st tions. The level forecasts help the user agencies in deciding mitigating measures like evacuatio n of people and shifting people and their movable property to safer locations. The Inflow Forec used by various dam authorities in optimum operation of reservoirs for safe passage downstream  as  well  as  to  ensure  adequate  storage  in  the  re servoirs  for  meeting  demand during non - monsoon period.

flood

- (vii) The Government of India issued National Water Policy - 2012 which emphasizes construction of large storage reservoirs and other non - st uctural measures for integrated management.

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## Annexure refe rred  to  Part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  S tarred Question No. *251 to be answered on 05.12.2019 regarding 'Flood Management Programme' .

| Status of Funds Released under Flood Management Programme ( FMP )   | Status of Funds Released under Flood Management Programme ( FMP )   | Status of Funds Released under Flood Management Programme ( FMP )   | Status of Funds Released under Flood Management Programme ( FMP )   | Status of Funds Released under Flood Management Programme ( FMP )   | Status of Funds Released under Flood Management Programme ( FMP )   | Status of Funds Released under Flood Management Programme ( FMP )   |
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| S. No.                                                              | States/                                                             | Rs.in Crores                                                        | Rs.in Crores                                                        | Rs.in Crores                                                        | Rs.in Crores                                                        | Rs.in Crores                                                        |
| S. No.                                                              | UTs                                                                 | Funds released during FY:2016- 17                                   | Funds released during FY:2017- 18                                   | Funds released during FY:2018- 19                                   | Funds released during FY:2019- 20 (up to November, 2019)            | Total funds released                                                |
| 1                                                                   | Arunachal Pradesh                                                   | 23.69                                                               | 21.18                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 44.87                                                               |
| 2                                                                   | Assam                                                               | -                                                                   | 245.49                                                              | 142.11                                                              | 6.32                                                                | 393.92                                                              |
| 3                                                                   | Bihar                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 16.58                                                               | -                                                                   | 16.58                                                               |
| 4                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh                                                    | 50                                                                  | 87.5                                                                | 162.6                                                               | 88.2                                                                | 388.3                                                               |
| 5                                                                   | Jammu & Kashmir                                                     | 40.56                                                               | 110.4                                                               | 52.1984                                                             | 52.62                                                               | 255.77                                                              |
| 6                                                                   | Kerala                                                              | -                                                                   | 19.05                                                               | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 19.05                                                               |
| 7                                                                   | Mizoram                                                             | -                                                                   | 0.47                                                                | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 0.47                                                                |
| 8                                                                   | Nagaland                                                            | 23.13                                                               | -                                                                   | 10.84                                                               | -                                                                   | 33.97                                                               |
| 9                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                       | -                                                                   | 13.55                                                               | 15.58                                                               | 24.13                                                               | 53.26                                                               |
| 10                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                         | -                                                                   | -                                                                   | 4.63                                                                | -                                                                   | 4.63355                                                             |
| 11                                                                  | West Bengal                                                         | 12.61                                                               | 65.03                                                               | 23.65                                                               | 117.12                                                              | 218.41                                                              |
|                                                                     | Total                                                               | 149.99                                                              | 562.67                                                              | 428.20                                                              | 288.12                                                              | 1429.25                                                             |

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