Lok Sabha Question No. 1338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Floods in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1338

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## FLOODS IN UTTAR PRADESH

†1338. KUNWAR DANISH ALI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  damage  to  crops,  land,  property  and  human  life  due  to  floods  in  the  country particularly in Uttar Pradesh during the year 2022, district-wise;

(b) the funds released under Flood Management and Border Area Programme during the last five years;

(c) the details of the projects sanctioned and completed so far under the flood management component of PMKSY, State/UT-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh;

(d) whether the Government proposes to build embankments on rivers;

(e) if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the steps taken by the Government for timely prediction and forecasting of weather related changes in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) District-wise data of damages due to floods is not maintained centrally. State-wise damages due to heavy  rain  and  floods  are  compiled  by  Central  Water  Commission  after  receipt  of  confirmation  from respective States/UTs, the latest State-wise flood damage data pertaining to year 2021 is at Annexure -I. (b) The  details  of  central  assistance  released  under  Flood  Management  and  Border  Area  Programme (FMBAP) of Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation during last five years is at Annexure - II.

(c) There is no flood management component under PMKSY.  In the State of Uttar Pradesh, 29 projects of flood management were approved for central funding during XI and XII Plan period under erstwhile Flood Management Programme (FMP) which was later subsumed under FMBAP Scheme of Department of Water Resources River Development and Ganga rejuvenation. The three projects of flood management under  FMP  are  ongoing.  The  State-wise  details  of  projects  included  and  completed  under  Flood Management Programme is at Annexure III

(d)  &  (e) Flood  management  being  under  the  purview  of  the  States,  the  schemes  for  flood  control including construction of embankments are formulated and implemented by concerned States as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and  promotional  financial  assistance  for  management  of  floods  in  critical  areas.  Irrigation  and  Water Resources Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh has informed that embankments on rivers are built depending on the requirement based on previous years' flood and about 523 embankments with length about around 3869 Km in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been built.

(f) Central  Water  Commission  issues  flood  forecasts  and  inflow  forecasts  to  identified  reservoirs  for proper  reservoir  regulation.  Presently,  flood  forecasts  are  issued  by  CWC  at  333  stations  (134  Inflow Forecast Stations + 199 Level Forecast Stations) as per Standard Operating Procedure, which includes 44 forecasting stations (39 level & 5 inflow) in the State of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 1261 forecasts (1025 level and 236 inflow) were issued during flood season 2022 till 31st December 2022in the state of Uttar Pradesh. 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.

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1338 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.02.2023 REGARDING 'FLOODS IN UTTAR PRADESH'

## STATEMENT SHOWING FLOOD DAMAGE FOR THE YEAR 2021

| Sl. No s. Name of state   | Area affected in                    | Populat ion affected in             | Dama ge to Crops Area               | Value                               | Damag e to Houses Nos.   | Value in         | Cattl e lost     | Huma n lives lost   | Damage to public utilities   | Total damages crops, houses& public utilities   |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No s. Name of state   | (m.ha.) (millio n) (m.ha. ) Rs.Cror | (m.ha.) (millio n) (m.ha. ) Rs.Cror | (m.ha.) (millio n) (m.ha. ) Rs.Cror | (m.ha.) (millio n) (m.ha. ) Rs.Cror | e Rs.Cror e nos.         | e Rs.Cror e nos. | e Rs.Cror e nos. | nos.                | Rs. Crore                    | Rs.Cror e                                       |
| 1 2                       | 3                                   | 4                                   | 5                                   | 6                                   | 7                        | 8                | 9                | 10                  | 11                           | 12                                              |
| 1 ANDHRA PRADESH          | 7.16                                | 0.68                                | 0.63                                | 2779.39                             | 9686                     | 13.33            | 50054            | 68                  | 3527.74                      | 6320.46                                         |
| 2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH       | 0.04                                | 0.12                                | 0.04                                | 44.43                               | 624                      | 2.33             | 105              | 14                  | 521.15                       | 567.90                                          |
| 3 ASSAM                   | 0.02                                | 0.90                                | 0.02                                | 8.56                                | 3387                     | 12.73            | 0                | 13                  | 1051.14                      | 1072.43                                         |
| 4 BIHAR                   | 1.00                                | 8.26                                | 0.65                                | 929.60                              | 12289                    | 10.24            | 99               | 70                  | 5505.02                      | 6444.86                                         |
| 5 CHATTISGARH             | 0.00                                | 0.01                                | 0.00                                | 0.12                                | 2297                     | 1.12             | 7                | 4                   | 0.00                         | 1.24                                            |
| 6 GOA                     | 0.00                                | 0.01                                | 0.00                                | 188.18                              | 1630                     | 30.45            | 104              | NR                  | NR                           | 218.62                                          |
| 7 GUJARAT                 | 1.19                                | 0.12                                | 1.19                                | 1078.00                             | 2191                     | 181.98           | 1053             | 84                  | 0.00                         | 1259.98                                         |
| 8 HARYANA                 | 0.00                                | NR                                  | 0.00                                | 614.63                              | NR                       | NR               | NR               | NR                  | NR                           | 614.63                                          |
| 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH        | 0.03                                | 0.68                                | 0.02                                | NR                                  | 1864                     | NR               | 1165             | 476                 | 686.95                       | 1127.47                                         |
| 10 JHARKHAND              | 0.03                                | 0.10                                | 0.00                                | 1.48                                | 52                       | 0.02             | 0                | 9                   | 0.00                         | 1.49                                            |
| 11 KARNATAKA              | 1.20                                | NR                                  | 1.19                                | 1069.19                             | 38802                    | 170.12           | 734              | NR                  | 736.50                       | 1975.81                                         |
| 12 KERALA                 | 0.59                                | 0.04                                | 0.59                                | 2835.76                             | 9771                     | NR               | NR               | 131                 | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 13 MADHYAPRAADESH         | NR                                  | 0.00                                | NR                                  | NR                                  | 74                       | NR               | NR               | 26                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 14 MAHARASHTRA            | NR                                  | 0.03                                | NR                                  | NR                                  | 18916                    | NR               | NR               | 24                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 15 MANIPUR                | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                       | NR               | NR               | NR                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 16 MEGHALAYA              | 0.00                                | 0.01                                | 0.00                                | NR                                  | 1767                     | NR               | 20               | 2                   | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 17 MIZORAM                | 0.05                                | NR                                  | 0.05                                | 0.37                                | 5                        | 0.03             | 3                | NR                  | NR                           | 0.40                                            |
| 18 NAGALAND               | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                       | NR               | NR               | NR                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 19 ODISHA                 | 0.11                                | 3.04                                | 0.11                                | 136.75                              | 16903                    | 45.46            | 69               | 13                  | 197.30                       | 379.51                                          |
| 20 PUNJAB                 | 0.02                                | 0.02                                | 0.00                                | 44.45                               | 374                      | 2.16             | 82               | 24                  | 0.00                         | 46.61                                           |
| 21 RAJASTHAN              | 1.15                                | 10.71                               | 1.15                                | 5333.94                             | 37932                    | 50.43            | 2064             | 34                  | 92.81                        | 5477.18                                         |
| 22 SIKKIM                 | 0.04                                | 0.33                                | 0.02                                | 0.00                                | 1098                     | 3.95             | 934              | 9                   | 88.48                        | 92.43                                           |
| 23 TAMILNADU              | 0.87                                | 7.25                                | 0.78                                | 884.16                              | 55733                    | 26.07            | 7321             | 140                 | 6129.33                      | 7039.56                                         |
| 24 TELENGANA              | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | 12                       | NR               | NR               | 10                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 25 TRIPURA                | 0.01                                | 0.03                                | 0.01                                | 37.36                               | 811                      | 0.65             | 0                | 0                   | 0.11                         | 38.12                                           |
| 26 UTTAR PRADESH          | 2.20                                | 0.66                                | 0.36                                | 443.08                              | 8376                     | 25.48            | 825              | 21                  | 356.70                       | 825.26                                          |
| 27 UTTARAKHAND            | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | 26                       | NR               | NR               | 34                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 28 WEST BENGAL            | 1.01                                | 4.00                                | 0.97                                | 6355.76                             | 236201                   | 3383.23          | 136              | 163                 | 6340.46                      | 16079.45                                        |
| 29 A &NISLAND             | 0.00                                | 0.00                                | 0.00                                | 0.10                                | 38                       | 0.01             | 33               | NIL                 | NIL                          | 0.11                                            |
| 30 CHANDIGARH             | NIL                                 | NIL                                 | NIL                                 | NIL                                 | NIL                      | NIL              | NIL              | NIL                 | NIL                          | NIL                                             |
| 31 D &NHAVELI DAMAN &DIU  | NIL                                 | NIL                                 | NIL                                 | NIL                                 | NIL                      | NIL              | NIL              | NIL                 | NIL                          | NIL                                             |
| 32 LADAKH                 | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                       | NR               | NR               | NR                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 33 DELHI                  | 0.00                                | 0.02                                | 0.00                                | 18.39                               | NIL                      | NIL              | NIL              | NIL                 | NIL                          | 18.39                                           |
| 34 JAMMU &KASHMIR         | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                       | NR               | NR               | NR                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 35 LAKSHADWEEP            | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                                  | NR                       | NR               | NR               | NR                  | NR                           | NR                                              |
| 36 PUDUCHCHERRY           | 0.05                                | 1.56                                | 0.01                                | 5.49                                | 346                      | 0.29             | 72               | 2                   | 9.93                         | 15.71                                           |
| TOTAL                     | 16.75                               | 38.56                               | 7.79                                | 22809.17                            | 461205                   | 3960.08          | 64880            | 1371                | 25243.6 1                    | 49617.62                                        |

NR- NOT REPORTED

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1338 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK   SABHA  ON  09.02.2023  REGARDING  'FLOODS  IN  UTTAR PRADESH'

Central assistance released to States under Flood Management and Border Area Programme (FMBAP) during the period 2017-18 to 2021-22

Rs. in Crores

|   S.N. | State/UT          |   2017-18 to 2021-22 |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------|
|      1 | Arunachal Pradesh |                21.18 |
|      2 | Assam             |               486.72 |
|      3 | Bihar             |               292.63 |
|      4 | Himachal Pradesh  |               444.73 |
|      5 | Jammu &Kashmir    |               398.2  |
|      6 | Kerala            |                19.05 |
|      7 | Manipur           |                52.38 |
|      8 | Mizoram           |                 0.48 |
|      9 | Nagaland          |                10.84 |
|     10 | Odisha            |                18.3  |
|     11 | Uttar Pradesh     |               231    |
|     12 | Uttarakhand       |                42.98 |
|     13 | West Bengal       |               315.61 |
|     14 | Punjab            |                11.21 |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1338  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA  ON  09.02.2023 REGARDING 'FLOODS IN UTTAR PRADESH'

Details of Works approved and completed under Flood Management Programme since XIth plan upto JAN 2023

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   Nos. |   Funds Released |   Works completed |   Works foreclosed/sh ifted |   Works ongoing |
|---------|-------------------|--------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh |     21 |           190.78 |                21 |                           0 |               0 |
| 2       | Assam             |    142 |          1515.2  |               111 |                          30 |               1 |
| 3       | Bihar             |     48 |           924.41 |                42 |                           1 |               5 |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh      |      3 |            19.32 |                 3 |                           0 |               0 |
| 5       | Goa               |      2 |            11.98 |                 2 |                           0 |               0 |
| 6       | Gujarat           |      2 |             2    |                 2 |                           0 |               0 |
| 7       | Haryana           |      1 |            46.91 |                 1 |                           0 |               0 |
| 8       | Himachal Pradesh  |      8 |           832.57 |                 6 |                           1 |               1 |
| 9       | Jammu &Kashmir    |     44 |           804.79 |                24 |                           3 |              17 |
| 10      | Jharkhand         |      3 |            22.71 |                 3 |                           0 |               0 |
| 11      | Karnataka         |      3 |            23.8  |                 2 |                           1 |               0 |
| 12      | Kerala            |      4 |           137.95 |                 2 |                           2 |               0 |
| 13      | Manipur           |     23 |           219.71 |                22 |                           0 |               1 |
| 14      | Meghalaya         |      0 |             3.81 |                 0 |                           0 |               0 |
| 15      | Mizoram           |      2 |            16.88 |                 1 |                           1 |               0 |
| 16      | Nagaland          |     17 |            93.96 |                14 |                           0 |               3 |
| 17      | Orissa            |     68 |           119.41 |                66 |                           2 |               0 |
| 18      | Puducherry        |      1 |             7.5  |                 0 |                           1 |               0 |
| 19      | Punjab            |      5 |            40.43 |                 4 |                           1 |               0 |
| 20      | Sikkim            |     45 |            91.84 |                28 |                          17 |               0 |
| 21      | Tamilnadu         |      5 |            59.82 |                 5 |                           0 |               0 |
| 22      | Tripura           |     11 |            23.62 |                11 |                           0 |               0 |
| 23      | Uttar Pradesh     |     29 |           470.18 |                24 |                           2 |               3 |
| 24      | Uttarakhand       |     22 |           246.6  |                18 |                           2 |               2 |
| 25      | West Bengal       |     18 |          1051.96 |                15 |                           0 |               3 |
|         | Total             |    527 |          6978.14 |               427 |                          64 |              36 |

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