Lok Sabha Question No. 433 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Unprecedented Flood
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Shrirang Appa Barne, Hemant Patil, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 433

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA)

## UNPRECEDENTED FLOOD

433.     SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL: DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR.S.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  Indian  rivers  have  crossed  the  highest  flood  level  25  times  in August 2019 causing extreme floods in many States;
- (b) if so, the details of the States which are most affected in the last two to three  months  along  with  the  number  of  people  killed/injured  and  property destroyed  as  a  result  of  extreme  floods  and  the  quantum  of  compensation paid, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has deployed National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in flood affected States to rescue people;
- (d) if so, the number of NDRF personnel deployed and the number of people rescued by them;
- (e) whether availability of less NDRF force has affected rescue work; and
- (f) if so, whether the Government proposes to enhance the strength of NDRF in view of huge work load?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): During  the  months  of  August,  extreme  floods  were  experienced  in  25

Hydrological Observation (HO) stations maintained by Central Water

Commission.  Out  of  which  2  were  Flood Forecasting Stations and 23 were

flood  monitoring  HO  Stations  in  the  States  of  Rajasthan,  Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

(b): Extreme floods were witnessed in the States of Assam, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu during August,  September  and  October,  2019.  Details  of  the  losses  due  to  floods/ landslides/  cloudburst  and  other  Hydro-meteorological  hazards,  as  reported by  these  State  Governments  during  the  south-west  monsoon  2019  are  at Annexure-I.  As  per  the  existing  mechanism,  financial  assistance  provided under  State  Disaster  Relief  Fund  (SDRF)  and  National  Disaster  Relief  Fund (NDRF) in the wake of natural disasters is by way of immediate relief and not for  the  compensation  of  loss  as  suffered/claimed.  Details  of  the  funds released to the States under SDRF and NDRF during financial year 2019-20 is at Annexure-II.

(c) to (f):    Central Government  deployed requisite  number of teams of National  Disaster  Response  Force  as  per  request  of  flood  affected  State Governments  for  rescue  and  relief.  State-wise  deployment  of  National Disaster Response Force and number of persons rescued are at Annexure-III. Further,  keeping  in  view  the  vulnerability  profile  of  India  and  in  order  to reduce response time in the wake of any disaster/ emergency, the Government  has  approved  raising  of  04  additional  battalions  of  National Disaster Response Force.

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## Reported loss by States/ UTs due to flood/ landslides/ Hydrometeorological Hazards during South-west Monsoon-2019

| Sl. No.   | STATE/UT      |   Human Lives |   Cattle Lost |   House Damaged | Croped Area (lac Hc.)   |
|-----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Assam         |           103 |           250 |          131949 | 2.14                    |
| 2         | Bihar         |           133 |            80 |           45355 | 2.61                    |
| 3         | Rajasthan     |           126 |           314 |           28415 | 27.36                   |
| 4         | Uttar Pradesh |           133 |           277 |           40637 | 8.88                    |
| 5         | Maharashtra   |           253 |          4230 |          109714 | 4.17                    |
| 6         | Karnataka     |            91 |          3400 |          115792 | 9.35                    |
| 7         | Kerala        |           125 |          1183 |           21264 | 0.31                    |
| 8         | Tamil Nadu    |            25 |            70 |            1158 | -                       |
|           | Total         |           989 |          9804 |          494284 | 54.82                   |

## Statement showing State-wise financial assistance provided by Central Government under SDRF and NDRF during the years 2019-20

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Allocation of funds under SDRF for 2019-20 | Centre's share of SDRF released during 2019-20   | Released from NDRF during 2019-20   |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.        | 2.                |                                            3 | 4                                                | 5                                   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                          534 | 200.25                                           | 570.91                              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                           63 | 28.35                                            |                                     |
| 3         | Assam             |                                          559 | 251.55                                           | --                                  |
| 4         | Bihar             |                                          570 | 1031.12 #                                        | --                                  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                                          292 | 67.80                                            | --                                  |
| 6         | Goa               |                                            4 | 0.00                                             | --                                  |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                                          856 | 565.80 #                                         | --                                  |
| 8         | Haryana           |                                          374 | 86.85                                            | --                                  |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                          287 | 197.23                                           | 234.09                              |
| 10        | J&K*              |                                          310 | 405.00 #                                         | --                                  |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                                          442 | 165.75                                           | --                                  |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                                          336 | 507.00                                           | 2441.26                             |
| 13        | Kerala            |                                          225 | 52.275                                           | --                                  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                         1066 | 647.10                                           | --                                  |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                                         1803 | 1276.125                                         | 2474.29                             |
| 16        | Manipur           |                                           23 | 9.90                                             | --                                  |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |                                           29 | 12.60 #                                          | --                                  |
| 18        | Mizoram           |                                           20 | 0.00                                             | --                                  |
| 19        | Nagaland          |                                           12 | 10.80                                            | --                                  |
| 20        | Odisha            |                                          909 | 552.00                                           | 3114.46                             |
| 21        | Punjab            |                                          474 | 313.05 #                                         |                                     |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |                                         1340 | 502.50                                           | 1164.99                             |
| 23        | Sikkim            |                                           38 | 17.10                                            | --                                  |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                                          825 | 309.375                                          | --                                  |
| 25        | Telangana         |                                          333 | 237.75 #                                         | --                                  |
| 26        | Tripura           |                                           38 | 17.10                                            | --                                  |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                          820 | 541.80                                           | --                                  |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |                                          255 | 114.75                                           | --                                  |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                                          628 | 414.90 #                                         | --                                  |
|           | Total             |                                        13465 | 8535.825                                         | 10000.00                            |

- #    Including arrears of SDRF for the previous year.
*    Now Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.

## ANNEXURE-III L.S.US.Q.NO.433 FOR 19.11.2019

## STATEWISE  SUMMARY OF FLOOD OPS OF NDRF DURING SOUTH-WEST MONSOON SEASON-2019

## W.E.F. 01 ST  MAY TO 31 ST  OCTOBER 2019

|         |                      |                       | ACHIEVEMENTS               | ACHIEVEMENTS       | ACHIEVEMENTS                |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
| SL. NO. | State                | No. of Teams deployed | Persons Rescued/ Evacuated | Live-stock Rescued | Medical assistance Provided |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh       | 12                    | 2560                       | 76                 | 0                           |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 1                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 3       | Assam                | 28                    | 9867                       | 47                 | 6062                        |
| 4       | Bihar                | 62                    | 17707                      | 46                 | 9995                        |
| 5       | Dadar & Nagar Haveli | 1                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 6       | Delhi                | 4                     | 22                         | 27                 | 0                           |
| 7       | Gujarat              | 48                    | 4895                       | 62                 | 2853                        |
| 8       | Haryana              | 2                     | 14                         | 0                  | 0                           |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh     | 3                     | 8                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 10      | Jharkhand            | 2                     | 433                        | 44                 | 84                          |
| 11      | Karnataka            | 28                    | 9749                       | 82                 | 0                           |
| 12      | Kerala               | 23                    | 3305                       | 2                  | 0                           |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh       | 12                    | 924                        | 22                 | 0                           |
| 14      | Maharashtra          | 70                    | 38260                      | 40                 | 1596                        |
| 15      | Manipur              | 1                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 16      | Meghalaya            | 1                     | 40                         | 0                  | 0                           |
| 17      | Nagaland             | 2                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 18      | Odisha               | 3                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 19      | Puducherry           | 1                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 20      | Punjab               | 16                    | 5330                       | 96                 | 114                         |
| 21      | Rajasthan            | 14                    | 1182                       | 21                 | 2613                        |
| 22      | Sikkim               | 2                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu           | 3                     | 0                          | 0                  | 0                           |
| 24      | Telangana            | 6                     | 101                        | 3                  | 0                           |
| 25      | Tripura              | 5                     | 1185                       | 25                 | 0                           |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh        | 26                    | 2974                       | 21                 | 552                         |
| 27      | Uttarakhand          | 5                     | 335                        | 3                  | 0                           |
| 28      | West Bengal          | 8                     | 71                         | 0                  | 0                           |
|         | Grand Total          | 339                   | 98962                      | 617                | 23869                       |

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