Lok Sabha Question No. 2040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Policy for Flood Control
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pashupati Nath Singh, Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2040

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2022

## POLICY FOR FLOOD CONTROL

2040 SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  chalked  out  any  policy  for  flood  control  and  management  in  the country particularly in Bihar;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of funds released and utilized to overcome the problem of flood;

(d) wheter the Government has any proposal for financial and logistic assistance to flood prone States including Bihar; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

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## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU

(a)  to  (c)  Flood  management  including  erosion  control  falls  within  the  purview  of  the  States.  Flood management and anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by concerned State Governments  as  per  their  priority.  The  Union  Government  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  States  by providing  technical  guidance  and  also  promotional  financial  assistance  for  management  of  floods  in critical areas.

Flood protection and flood management measures are broadly classified as under-

- (i) Structural Measures - The structural measures for flood control which bring relief to the flood prone areas by reducing flood flows and thereby reducing the flood levels.
- (ii) Non-Structural  Measures-  Facilitating  timely  evacuation  of  the  people  and  shifting  of  their movable property to safer grounds by having advance warning of incoming flood through setting up a flood forecasting system. Discouraging creation of valuable assets/settlement of the people in the areas subject to frequent flooding i.e. enforcing flood plain zoning regulation.

Integrated  flood  approach  aims  at  adopting  judicious  mix  of  structural  and  non-structural measures to provide a reasonable degree of protection against flood damages at economic cost.

To strengthen the structural measures of flood management, Ministry had implemented Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI & XII Plan for providing Central Assistance to States for works  related  to  flood  control,  anti-erosion,  drainage  development,  anti-sea  erosion,  etc.  which subsequently  continued  as  a  component  of  "Flood  Management  and  Border  Areas  Programme" (FMBAP) for the period from 2017-18 to 2020-21 and further extended up to September 2022  with limited outlay. So far Central Assistance amounting to Rs. 924.41 Crores has been released to State of Bihar under this Programme since inception. The 42 projects completed under this Programme in the State of Bihar have given reasonable protection to an area of around 28.67 Lakh hectares and protected a  population  of  about  223.46  Lakh.  State  Government  of  Bihar  has  informed  that  embankments  of length  3800.41  Km  have  been  constructed  on  different  Rivers  in  Bihar  for  flood  protection.  State Government has executed 318 & 332 numbers of anti erosion/flood protection works before the floods of year 2021 and 2022 respectively in the State of Bihar.

For  Non  structural  measures,  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC)  is  the  nodal  Organisation entrusted  with  the  task  of  flood  forecasting  &  early  flood  warnings  in  the  country.  Presently,  CWC issues flood forecasts for 332 forecasting stations (199 river level forecast stations & 133 dam/ barrage inflow forecast stations). These stations cover 20 major river basins in 23 States & 2 Union Territories. In the State of Bihar, CWC has 43 flood forecasting (FF) stations (40 level forecasting stations and 3 inflow forecasting stations) and 121 gauge stations. The details of flood prone areas along main rivers and flood forecasting stations of CWC in Bihar are at Annexure . In order to provide more lead time to the  local  authorities  to  plan  evacuation  of  people  &  take  other  remedial  measures,  Central  Water Commission  (CWC)  has developed  basin  wise flood  forecasting  model  based  on  rainfall-runoff mathematical modelling for 5 days advance flood forecast advisory at identified flood forecasting and inflow forecasting stations.

(d)  &  (e)  The  primary  responsibility  of  disaster  management  rests  with  the  State  Government concerned.  The  Central  Government  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State  Government  and  provides requisite  logistics  and  financial  support.  For  providing  relief  in  case  of  12  notified  natural  disasters including  floods,  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF)  is  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  State Government.  Additional  financial  assistance  is  extended  from  National  Disaster  Response  Fund (NDRF) as per established procedure in case of disaster of severe in nature. Under the extant guidelines of SDRF and NDRF, relief is provided to the affected people for the damages caused due to notified natural calamities and not for compensation of loss suffered/claimed.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2040  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.07.2022  REGARDING  'POLICY  FOR FLOOD CONTROL'

Details of Flood Forecasting (FF) stations in State of Bihar

| Sl. No.                                | River                                  | Flood prone districts                                                                | No. of FF Stations                                                                             |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.                                     | Ganga                                  | Buxar, Patna, Vaishali, Munger, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Katihar              | Buxar, Patna Dighaghat, Patna Gandhighat, Hathidah, Munger, Bhagalpur, Kahalgaon (7 stations)  |
| 2.                                     | Gandak                                 | Paschim Champaran, Gopalganj, PurbiChamparan, Chhapra (Saran), Muzaffarpur, Vaishali | Gandak Barrage (Inflow) Chatia, Rewaghat, Hazipur, Dumariaghat (4 stations) (Total 5 stations) |
| 3.                                     | Burhi Gandak                           | Purbi Champaran, Muzaffarpur Samastipur, Khagaria, Begusarai                         | Lalbegiaghat, Sikandarpur (Muzaffarpur), Ahirwalia,Samastipur, Rosera, Khagaria (6 stations)   |
| 4                                      | Bagmati                                | Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Samastipur                                        | Benibad, Hayaghat, Dheng Bridge, Runisaidpur ( 4 stations)                                     |
| 5                                      | Adhwara                                | Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Madhubani                                                      | Sonbarsa, Kamtaul, Ekmighat (3 stations)                                                       |
| 6                                      | Kamlabalan                             | Madhubani, Darbhanga                                                                 | Jainagar, Jhanjharpur (2 stations)                                                             |
| 7                                      | Kosi                                   | Supaul, Khagaria, Katihar, Bhagalpur                                                 | Basua, Baltara, Kursela (3 stations) Kosi Barrage ( Inflow ) (Total 4 stations)                |
| 8                                      | Mahananda                              | Kishanganj, Purnia, Katihar                                                          | Dhengraghat, Jhawa,Taibpur (3 stations)                                                        |
| 9                                      | Ghaghra                                | Siwan, Saran(Chhapra)                                                                | Darauli, Gangpur Siswan, Chhapara ( 3 stations)                                                |
| 10                                     | Sone                                   | Rohtas, Bhojpur, Patna                                                               | Indrapuri, Koelwar, Maner (3 stations) Indrapuri Barrage( Inflow ) (Total 4 stations)          |
| 11                                     | Punpun                                 | Patna                                                                                | Sripalpur (1 station)                                                                          |
| 12                                     | Parwan                                 | Araria                                                                               | Araria (1 station)                                                                             |
| Total 43 stations (40 level +3 inflow) | Total 43 stations (40 level +3 inflow) | Total 43 stations (40 level +3 inflow)                                               | Total 43 stations (40 level +3 inflow)                                                         |