Lok Sabha Question No. 5432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Losses due to Floods
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5432

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  APRIL, 2022/CHAITRA 15,1944 (SAKA)

LOSSES DUE TO FLOODS

5432.  SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the State of Maharashtra has been affected by heavy rains and flash floods during the years of 2019-2021;

(b) if so, the details of extent of damage to lives and property reported and the estimated monetary loss, district-wise especially in Sangli district; and

(c) the details  of  proposals  received  from  the  State  Governments  to compensate for the losses, the funds sanctioned and released by the Union Government along with the criteria adopted to categorize assistance, Statewise?

ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  As  reported  by  the  Government  of  Maharashtra,  the  State  has been affected by natural calamities, including heavy rains and floods, during the  years  2019 to 2021.   Districts-wise  information  of  States,  affected  by rains    and  flood,  is  not  maintained  centrally  by  this  Ministry.  However,  the details  of  the  losses  of  lives,  property  and  loss  of  crops  due  to  hydro meteorological  calamities,  including  flood,  during  the  last  three  years,  as reported by the State Government of Maharashtra, are as under:-

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 5432 FOR 05.04.2022

(Provisional)

| Details                           | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Human lives lost (No.)            | 101       |    253    |    230    |
| Livestock lost (No.)              | 1560      |   4230    |   5814    |
| Houses / huts damaged (No.)       | --        | 109714    | 297013    |
| Crops area affected (in lakh ha.) | --        |      4.17 |     11.28 |

(c): The primary responsibility for disaster management, including undertaking disbursal of  relief  to  the  affected  people,  rests  with  the  State Governments concerned. The State Governments undertake relief measures in  the  wake  of  natural  disasters  from  the  State  Disaster  Response  Fund (SDRF), already placed at their disposal, in accordance with Government of India's approved items and norms. Additional financial assistance is provided from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), as per laid down procedure in case of disaster of 'severe nature', which includes an assessment based on the visit of an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT). Funds are released from NDRF after the approval of the High Level Committee (HLC), subject to the adjustment of 50% of balance available in the SDRF account of respective States as on 1 st  April of the  financial year.  Further, the  financial  assistance under SDRF/ NDRF,  in the  wake  of notified natural disasters, is given by way of immediate relief/ restoration and not for compensation of losses or reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure, as claimed by the States.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 5432 FOR 05.04.2022

The State-wise details of demands received in this Ministry during 202122 for the additional relief from NDRF and funds approved and released by the Central Government from NDRF are at Annexure.

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L.S.USQ NO. 5432 FOR 05.04.2022 ANNEXURE

STATEMENT SHOWING STATE-WISE DETAILS OF ASSISTANCE SOUGHT AND FUNDS RELEASED FROM THE NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FUND (NDRF) DURING 202122.

(Rupees in crore)

|   S.N. | State            | Amount Sought by State Government   | Amount approved by High Level Committee (HLC)   | Funds Released from NDRF after adjustment of 50% of balance available in the SDRF account on 01.04.2021   |
|--------|------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh   | 1081.70                             | 351.43                                          | 351.43                                                                                                    |
|      2 | Assam            | 1018.19                             | 51.53                                           | ---                                                                                                       |
|      3 | Bihar            | 4913.54                             | 1038.96                                         | 1038.96                                                                                                   |
|      4 | Goa              | 38.56                               | --($)                                           | ---                                                                                                       |
|      5 | Gujarat          | 2448.83                             | 1133.35                                         | 1000.00*                                                                                                  |
|      6 | Himachal Pradesh | 692.23                              | 112.19+Air bills                                | ---                                                                                                       |
|      7 | Jharkhand        | ---                                 | ---                                             | 200*                                                                                                      |
|      8 | Karnataka        | 2133.73                             | 996.45                                          | 994.27                                                                                                    |
|      9 | Madhya Pradesh   | 2041.35                             | 600.50                                          | 600.50                                                                                                    |
|     10 | Maharashtra      | 1124.24                             | 355.39                                          | 355.39                                                                                                    |
|     11 | Odisha           | 918.74                              | -----(#)                                        | 500.00*                                                                                                   |
|     12 | Rajasthan        | 757.00                              | 292.51                                          | ---                                                                                                       |
|     13 | Sikkim           | 126.18                              | 59.35                                           | 55.23                                                                                                     |
|     14 | Tamil Nadu       | 1510.83                             | 352.85                                          | 352.85                                                                                                    |
|     15 | Uttrakhand       | 404.68                              | 187.18                                          | --                                                                                                        |
|     16 | West Bengal      | 7105.48                             | 1061.63                                         | 300*+50.13                                                                                                |

*    Funds released in advance.
- $ No  additional  funds  were  required  as  sufficient  funds  were  available  in  the SDRF account of the State to cope up with the relief activities.
- # State declined to receive funds from NDRF as sufficient funds were available in SDRF account.