Lok Sabha Question No. 1293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Damage due to Floods in North Eastern States
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## Government of India

## Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1293

To be answered on

Monday, July 25, 2022/Sravana 3, 1944 (Saka)

## QUESTION

## Damage due to Floods in North Eastern States

1293.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL :

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  floods  during  Monsoon  cause  extensive  damage  in  the  North  Eastern States every year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof indicating the damage caused in the said States during the last five years; and
- (c) the efforts made/being made by the Government to prevent floods and landslides?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of the Ministry  of Development of North Eastern Region [Shri G. Kishan Reddy ]

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) State-wise information on damage caused due to natural calamities, including flood, is not maintained centrally by this Ministry.  However, State-wise details of damage caused by hydrometeorological calamities during the last five years (FY 2018-19 to FY 2022-23 as on 12.07.2022), as assessed/reported by the North Eastern States, are at Annexure-I.
- (c) Flood  management  comes  under  the  purview  of  the  State  Governments,  and  the schemes for flood control, etc. are formulated and implemented by concerned States.  The Union  Government  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  States  including  the  States  of  North Eastern Region (NER) by providing technical guidance, financial resources and assistance

for management of floods in critical areas. Central assistance of Rs. 139.91 crore have been released  to  the  States  of  NER  for  anti-erosion/flood  control  and  prevention  of  landslides during the last  5  years  (FY  2017-18  to  FY 2021-22)  under  the  Schemes of  North Eastern Council.    Also,  the  North  Eastern  Space  Application  Centre  (NESAC),  an  institution established under the joint initiative of Department of Space and North Eastern Council uses satellite  data  for  developing  early  warning  system  on  natural  calamities  like  floods.    Also, Disaster Management  Division, Ministry of Home  Affairs has issued guidelines on Management  of  Floods  in  January,  2008,    Management  of  Urban  Flooding  in  September, 2010  and  Management  of  Landslides  and  Snow  Avalanches  in  June,  2009  and  issued  a National  Disaster  Management  Plan  in  which  action  to  be  taken  on  various  calamities, including floods and landslide, has been outlined.

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Annexure-I Details of damages as reported by North Eastern States due to hydrometeorological calamities

during the years 2018-19 to 2022-23 (As on 12.07.2022)*

| Sl. N   |                   | 2018-19           | 2018-19                                        | 2018-19                           | 2019-20   | 2019-20                                | 2019-20                   | 2020-21                           | 2020-21           | 2020-21              | 2020-21                   | 2020-21                           | 2021-22           | 2021-22              | 2021-22                   | 2021-22                           | 2022-23 (as on 12.07.2022)   | 2022-23 (as on 12.07.2022)   | 2022-23 (as on 12.07.2022)   | 2022-23 (as on 12.07.2022)        |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| o.      | State             | Humans Lost (Nos) | Livestock Lost (Nos) Houses/Huts Damaged (Nos) | Crops Area Affected (in lakh ha.) |           | Humans Lost (Nos) Livestock Lost (Nos) | Houses/Huts Damaged (Nos) | Crops Area Affected (in lakh ha.) | Humans Lost (Nos) | Livestock Lost (Nos) | Houses/Huts Damaged (Nos) | Crops Area Affected (in lakh ha.) | Humans Lost (Nos) | Livestock Lost (Nos) | Houses/Huts Damaged (Nos) | Crops Area Affected (in lakh ha.) | Humans Lost (Nos)            | Livestock Lost (Nos)         | Houses/Huts Damaged (Nos)    | Crops Area Affected (in lakh ha.) |
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh | 33                | 47 1647                                        | 0.007                             | 7         | 23                                     | 377                       | -                                 | 19                | 809                  | 707                       | 0.28                              | 5                 | 18                   | 98                        | 0.02                              | 17                           | 13                           | 699                          | **                                |
| 2       | Assam             | 53                | 122 77948                                      | 0.31                              | 101       | 250                                    | 140440                    | 2.00                              | 149               | 393                  | 57931                     | 2.67                              | 13                | -                    | 2163                      | 0.1                               | 182                          | 53781                        | 223663                       | 2.401                             |
| 3       | Manipur           | 25                | 10820                                          | 0.06                              | -         | -                                      | -                         | -                                 | -                 | -                    | -                         | -                                 | -                 | -                    | -                         | -                                 | 53 -                         |                              | -                            | -                                 |
| 4       | Meghalaya         | 7                 | 142 4632                                       | 13100 0.02                        | 23        | -                                      | 37771                     | -                                 | 32                | 263                  | 2374                      | -                                 | 2                 | 20                   | 1556                      | -                                 | 36 338                       |                              | 4863                         | 0.011                             |
| 5       | Mizoram           | 22                | -                                              | - -                               | 3         | -                                      | 1523                      | -                                 | -                 | -                    | 350                       | -                                 | -                 | -                    | -                         | -                                 | - -                          |                              | -                            | -                                 |
| 6       | Nagaland          | 19                | 896                                            | 5202 0.05                         | 19        | 5                                      | 1458                      | -                                 | 9                 | 1                    | 1030                      | -                                 | 2                 | 3603                 | 948                       | 0.17                              | 3 -                          |                              | 345                          | 0.003                             |
| 7       | Sikkim            | 4                 | -                                              | 83 -                              | 6         | 1304                                   | 485                       | -                                 | 18                | 134                  | 1432                      | 0.02                              | 3                 | 61                   | 1085                      | 0.02                              | 8 11                         |                              | 3355                         | 0.002                             |
| 8       | Tripura           | 22                | 4167 40897                                     | 0.32                              | 8         | 15                                     | 44963                     | 0.014                             | 5                 | 4                    | 11650                     | -                                 | 6                 | 33                   | 1796                      | -                                 | 3                            | -                            | 1816                         | -                                 |
| Total   |                   | 195               | 10006                                          | 149697                            | 167       |                                        |                           | 2.014                             |                   | 1604                 | 75474                     | 2.97                              | 31                | 3735                 | 7646                      | 0.31                              |                              | 54143                        |                              | 2.417                             |
|         |                   |                   |                                                |                                   | 0.767     | 1597                                   | 227017                    |                                   |                   | 232                  |                           |                                   |                   |                      |                           |                                   | 302                          |                              | 234741                       |                                   |