Lok Sabha Question No. 430 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Natural Calamities in Uttarakhand
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Subrata Pathak, Ravindra Kushawaha, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sudheer Gupta, Shrirang Appa Barne, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 430

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 th  NOVEMBER, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 9,1943 (SAKA)

NATURAL CALAMITIES IN UTTARAKHAND

430.  SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  Uttarakhand  and  other  parts  of  the country recorded high rainfall in the month of October, 2021;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the same;
- (c) the details of the total number of casualties of tourists and locals due of this untimely rain and flood;
- (d) whether the Government has sent any team to the rain-ravaged areas of these States to assess the damage caused due to incessant rain and if so, the details and the findings of the team;
- (e) whether the Government has declared any financial assistance to the kith and kin of locals and visiting tourists who lost their life and property in the flood; and
- (f) whether the Government has announced any financial package for the State to counter the damage done due to rain and flood and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## LS.US.Q.NO. 430 FOR 30.11.2021

(a) to (d): As  per  information  received  from  India  Meteorological  Department (IMD),  interaction  between  the  western  disturbance  and  strong  lower  level easterlies associated over South Madhya Pradesh led to extremely heavy rainfall activity over Uttarakhand and over west Uttar Pradesh on 17 th  and 18 th  October, 2021.

The State Government of Uttarakhand has reported loss of 72 human lives due to abnormal  high  rainfall  between  October,  17  and  19,  2021.  The  Government  of India  has  constituted  an  Inter-Ministerial  Central  Team  (IMCT)  for  on  the  spot assessment of damage due to heavy rains in the month of October, 2021 in the state of Uttarakhand, which visited the State on 22-24, October,2021. On receipt of  IMCT  report,  additional  financial  assistance  is    considered,  as  per  the established procedure.

(e) & (f) : The  primary  responsibility  for  disaster  management  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

## LS.US.Q.NO. 430 FOR 30.11.2021

IMCT. The financial  assistance  from  SDRF/NDRF is provided by way of relief and not  for  compensation  of  loss  suffered/claimed.  Distribution  of  the  relief,  as  per Government of India approved items and norms of expenditure from SDRF, to the affected  people  on  the  ground,  is  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Government concerned.

The Government of India has already released, in advance, both the installments of Central Share of SDRF for the year 2021-22 amounting to Rs. 17,747.20 crore to the all states, including Rs. 749.60 crore, to the State of Uttarakhand.

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