Lok Sabha Question No. 765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: National Integrated Flood Management Group
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, P.P. Chaudhary, Brijbhushan Sharan Singh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 765 ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## NATIONAL INTEGRATED FLOOD MANAGEMENT GROUP

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SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI

DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY

## SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: -

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  constituted  or  proposes  to  constitute  a  permanent,  integrated institutional apex body for flood management in the form of a National Integrated Flood Management Group (NIFMG);

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has formulated a National Policy on Flood Control and Management; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a)  &  (b) There  is  no  proposal  under  consideration  of  the  Government  to  constitute  a  permanent, integrated institutional apex body for flood management in the form of a National Integrated Flood Management Group (NIFMG) as 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 during XI & XII Plan Flood Management Programme (FMP) for providing Central Assistance to States for works related to river management, 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. 6686.79 Crores has been released to Union Territories/State  Government  under  this  Programme  since  inception.  The  415  projects  completed projects under this Programme have given protection to an area of around 4.994 mha and protected a population of about 52.21 million.

(c) & (d) The National Water Policy (NWP) of Ministry of Jal Shakti has emphasized flood mitigation through structural & non-structural measures, integrated operation of reservoirs with sound decision support  system,  rehabilitation  of  natural  drainage  system,  Integrated  farming  systems  and  nonagricultural developments, creation of storage projects with dedicated flood storage as the long term solution  to  the  devastating  floods  occurring  every  year,  etc.  NWP  highlights  importance  of  flood forecasting for flood   preparedness and  expansion of flood forecast network extensively across the country and its modernization.

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