Lok Sabha Question No. 410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Losses due to Rains and Floods
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar, Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, Kavitha Malothu, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Dayakar Pasunoori, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, M. K. Raghavan, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Dhanush M Kumar, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Ganesan Selvam, A. Chellakumar, C.N. Annadurai, Gautham Sigamani Pon, S.R. Parthiban, Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 410

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

LOSSES DUE TO RAINS AND FLOODS

## 410.  SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI:

SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

DR. A. CHALLAKUMAR:

SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  many States in the country have been affected by heavy rains and consequent flash floods, landslides, cloudbrusts, etc. in the recent months;
- (b) if so, whether any assessment has been made by the Government about the number  of  persons  killed,  displaced  and  missing  along  with  loss  of  standing crops, cattle and the extent of damage to property and monetary loss, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Telangana and Tamil Nadu and Kerala;
- (c)  whether  any  Commission  has  been  constituted  to  study  the  loss  and environmental  damage  caused  due  to  the  incessant  rain  and  floods  and  the details thereof;
- (d) the details of proposals received from the State Governments to compensate the  said  losses  and  assistance  sought,  sanctioned  and  released  by  the  Union Government and through NDRF and SDRF along with the criteria for it during the last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  year-wise  and  State/UT-wise  including Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala;
- (e) the details of NDRF teams deployed in the affected States to take up damaged works, help farmers, etc., along with the number of persons rescued, State/UTwise; and
- (f)  the  measures  taken  to  evolve  a  permanent  mechanism  to  deal  with  such calamities and thereby ensure safety of people and property in affected States?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d):  Various States in the country have been affected by natural calamities, including rains, flash flood, flood, landslides, cloudburst etc., during the monsoon season  of  2021.  State-wise  details  of  the  losses  of  human  lives,  damage  to property  and  loss  of  crops  due  to  hydro-meteorological  calamities  including floods,  landslides,  during  the  year  2021-22,  as  assessed/  reported  by  the  State Governments/ Union Territories including  the  States  of  Tamil  Nadu  and  Kerala, are at Annexure-I.  No such details of losses have been reported by the State of Telangana, so far.

There  are  well  established  institutional  mechanisms  at  the  National  and  State level for the effective management of natural disasters. The primary responsibility    of  disaster    management,  including    undertaking    disbursal      of relief   to  the   affected     people,  rests  with   the  State   Governments.

## LS.US.Q.NO. 410 FOR 30.11.2021

For providing relief to the affected people, in case of 12 notified natural disasters including  flood,  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF)  is  already  placed  at  the disposal of the State Governments.  Additional financial assistance is provided from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), as per laid the down procedure in case of disaster of 'severe nature', which includes an on the spot assessment of damages by an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT). The financial assistance is towards  relief  and  not  for  compensation  of  loss  as  suffered/  claimed.    The Guidelines  on  Constitution  and  Administration  of  National  Disaster  Response Fund (NDRF) is available on website at https:// ndmindia.mha.gov.in/ images/NDRFSDRF\_06042017.pdf. No Commission has been constituted to study the loss and environmental damage caused due to rain and flood by this Ministry.

State-wise  details  of  allocation  and  releases  from  SDRF/  State  Disaster  Risk Management Fund (SDRMF) [after recommendations of 15 th  Finance Commission, which includes SDRF and State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF)] and NDRF during the last three years and current year are given in Annexure-II.

- (e)        During  the  Monsoon  season  of  2021,  National  Disaster  Response  Force (NDRF) teams were deployed in the flood prone areas in the country and rescued/ evacuated  stranded  persons  including  farmers  to  safer  places,  as  per  details given in Annexure-III.

## LS.US.Q.NO. 410 FOR 30.11.2021

(f) There are institutional mechanisms at the National, State & district level in the country to develop appropriate preparedness and prompt response mechanism for effective  management of  natural  disasters.  Central  Government has established a robust early warning system and has significantly enhanced the accuracy of weather forecasts.  Forecasting agencies are continuing their efforts for  the  improvement  of  warning  and  dissemination  systems  vigorously.  Mock exercises and community awareness programmes are being regularly conducted to educate people/ farmers at the time of natural calamities.

The  measures  taken  by  the  Central  and  State  Governments  have  significantly improved  the  disaster  management  practices,  preparedness,  prevention  and response mechanism, resulting in significant reduction in casualties during the natural calamities in the country. Further, strengthening of the disaster management is a continuing and evolving process of governance.

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## L.S.USQ NO. 410 FOR 30.11.2021 Annexure-I

## State-wise details of damage due to cyclonic storms/ heavyrains/ floods/ landslides etc. during 2021-22

(Provisional) (As on 25.11.2021)

| Sl. No.   | State             | Human Lives lost (No.)   | Cattle lost (No.)   | Houses/ huts damaged (No.)   | Crops area affected (in lakh ha.)   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2                 | 3                        | 4                   | 5                            | 6                                   |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 40                       | 2,875               | 4,026                        | 1.51                                |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 6                        | 18                  | 98                           | 0.02                                |
| 3         | Assam             | 26                       | 1                   | 390                          | 0.67                                |
| 4         | Bihar             | 53                       | 83                  | 6,820                        | 5.80                                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 16                       | 279                 | 1,986                        | --                                  |
| 6         | Goa               | 3                        | 16                  | 3,402                        | 0.001                               |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 162                      | 9,922               | 1,32,710                     | 1.49                                |
| 8         | Haryana           | 4                        | --                  | --                           | --                                  |
| 9         | Himachal Pr.      | 298                      | 1,235               | 1,186                        | 0.07                                |
| 10        | Karnataka         | 144                      | 1,705               | 57,526                       | 13.98                               |
| 11        | Kerala            | 138                      | --                  | 9,720                        | 0.85                                |
| 12        | Madhya Pr.        | 127                      | 2,228               | 70,776                       | 1.06                                |
| 13        | Maharashtra       | 489                      | 4,400               | 53,653                       | 4.55                                |
| 14        | Meghalaya         | 2                        | 20                  | 1,556                        | --                                  |
| 15        | Nagaland          | 2                        | 3,503               | 948                          | 0.17                                |
| 16        | Odisha            | 19                       | 4,632               | 28,929                       | 1.82                                |
| 17        | Punjab            | 18                       | 38                  | 90                           | 0.04                                |
| 18        | Rajasthan         | 51                       | 1,556               | 37,368                       | 6.79                                |
| 19        | Sikkim            | 9                        | 51                  | 1,098                        | 0.02                                |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu        | 54                       | 6,871               | 11,636                       | 0.51                                |
| 21        | Tripura           | 6                        | 33                  | 1,796                        |                                     |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh     | 162                      | 277                 | 11,335                       | 3.61                                |
| 23        | Uttarakhand       | 107                      | 523                 | 1,057                        | 0.54                                |
| 24        | West Bengal       | 65                       | 12,958              | 3,40,748                     | 6.90                                |
| 25        | UT of Daman &Diu  | 1                        | 4                   | 1,204                        | 0.00                                |
|           | Total             | 2,002                    | 53,228              | 7,80,058                     | 50.40                               |

## L.S.USQ NO. 410 FOR 30.11.2021

## ANNEXURE-II

## STATEMENT SHOWING STATE-WISE DETAILS OF ALLOCATION AND RELEASE OF FUNDS UNDER SDRF/SDRMF AND NDRF DURING THE YEAR 2018-19 TO 2021-22 (AS ON 25.11.2021)

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl.No.   | State             | Allocation under SDRF/SDRMF including State share   | Allocation under SDRF/SDRMF including State share   | Allocation under SDRF/SDRMF including State share   | Allocation under SDRF/SDRMF including State share   | Centre's Share of SDRF/SDRMF Released   | Centre's Share of SDRF/SDRMF Released   | Centre's Share of SDRF/SDRMF Released   | Centre's Share of SDRF/SDRMF Released   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Sl.No.   | State             | 2018-19                                             | 2019-20                                             | 2020-21                                             | 2021-22                                             | 2018-19                                 | 2019-20                                 | 2020-21                                 | 2021-22                                 | 2018-19                                  | 2019-20                                  | 2020-21                                  | 2021-22                                  |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 509.00                                              | 534.00                                              | 1491.00                                             | 1192.80                                             | 458.10                                  | 324.15                                  | 1119.00                                 | 895.20                                  | 1004.88                                  | 570.91                                   | 657.029                                  | --                                       |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 60.00                                               | 63.00                                               | 278.00                                              | 222.40                                              | 54.00                                   | 56.70                                   | 250.00                                  | 200.00                                  | 132.49                                   | --                                       | 59.34                                    | --                                       |
| 3.       | Assam             | 532.00                                              | 559.00                                              | 858.00                                              | 686.40                                              | 478.80                                  | 503.10                                  | 772.00                                  | 617.60                                  | --                                       | --                                       | 44.37                                    | --                                       |
| 4.       | Bihar             | 543.00                                              | 570.00                                              | 1888.00                                             | 1510.40                                             | 101.815                                 | 631.12                                  | 1416.00                                 | 1132.80                                 | --                                       | 953.17                                   | 1255.27                                  | --                                       |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      | 278.00                                              | 292.00                                              | 576.00                                              | 460.80                                              | 349.575                                 | 177.30                                  | 432.00                                  | 345.60                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 6.       | Goa               | 4.00                                                | 4.00                                                | 15.00                                               | 12.00                                               | 1.80                                    | 4.20                                    | 12.00                                   | 9.60                                    | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 7.       | Gujarat           | 816.00                                              | 856.00                                              | 1765.00                                             | 1412.00                                             | 449.95                                  | 886.80                                  | 1324.00                                 | 1059.20                                 | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | 1000.00                                  |
| 8.       | Haryana           | 356.00                                              | 374.00                                              | 655.00                                              | 524.00                                              | 320.40                                  | 227.10                                  | 491.00                                  | 392.80                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 9.       | Himachal Pr.      | 273.00                                              | 287.00                                              | 454.00                                              | 363.20                                              | 245.70                                  | 197.23                                  | 409.00                                  | 327.20                                  | 227.29                                   | 518.06                                   | 2.90                                     | --                                       |
| 10.      | Jammu & Kashmir * | 295.00                                              | 310.00                                              | --                                                  | --                                                  | 252.90                                  | 405.00                                  | --                                      |                                         | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 11.      | Jharkhand         | 421.00                                              | 442.00                                              | 757.00                                              | 605.60                                              | 315.75                                  | 331.50                                  | 568.00                                  | 454.40                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | 200.00                                   |
| 12.      | Karnataka         | 320.00                                              | 336.00                                              | 1054.00                                             | 843.20                                              | 288.00                                  | 204.00                                  | 791.00                                  | 632.80                                  | 959.84                                   | 3208.28                                  | 689.27                                   | 629.03                                   |
| 13.      | Kerala            | 214.00                                              | 225.00                                              | 419.00                                              | 335.20                                              | 192.60                                  | 136.65                                  | 314.00                                  | 251.20                                  | 2904.85                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1016.00                                             | 1066.00                                             | 2427.00                                             | 1941.60                                             | 914.40                                  | 647.10                                  | 1820.00                                 | 1456.00                                 | 334.00                                   | 1712.14                                  | 1891.79                                  | --                                       |
| 15.      | Maharashtra       | 1717.00                                             | 1803.00                                             | 4296.00                                             | 3436.80                                             | 1287.75                                 | 1352.25                                 | 3222.00                                 | 2577.60                                 | 2088.59                                  | 5189.40                                  | 420.12                                   | 701.00                                   |
| 16.      | Manipur           | 22.00                                               | 23.00                                               | 47.00                                               | 37.60                                               | 9.90                                    | 30.60                                   | 42.00                                   | 33.60                                   | --                                       | --                                       | 26.53                                    | --                                       |
| 17.      | Meghalaya         | 28.00                                               | 29.00                                               | 73.00                                               | 58.40                                               | 12.60                                   | 38.70                                   | 66.00                                   | 52.80                                   | --                                       | --                                       | 16.52                                    | --                                       |
| 18.      | Mizoram           | 20.00                                               | 20.00                                               | 52.00                                               | 41.60                                               | 18.00                                   | 18.00                                   | 47.00                                   | 37.60                                   | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 19.      | Nagaland          | 11.00                                               | 12.00                                               | 46.00                                               | 36.80                                               | 9.90                                    | 10.80                                   | 41.00                                   | 32.80                                   | 195.99                                   | 176.52                                   | 1.335                                    | --                                       |
| 20.      | Odisha            | 865.00                                              | 909.00                                              | 2139.00                                             | 1711.20                                             | 778.50                                  | 552.00                                  | 1604.00                                 | 1283.20                                 | 341.72                                   | 3294.10                                  | 500.00                                   | 500.00                                   |
| 21.      | Punjab            | 451.00                                              | 474.00                                              | 660.00                                              | 528.00                                              | 321.99                                  | 412.37                                  | 573.425                                 | 396.00                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 22.      | Rajasthan         | 1277.00                                             | 1340.00                                             | 1975.00                                             | 1580.00                                             | 957.75                                  | 1005.00                                 | 1481.00                                 | 1184.80                                 | 526.14                                   | 1949.59                                  | 68.65                                    | --                                       |
| 23.      | Sikkim            | 36.00                                               | 38.00                                               | 56.00                                               | 44.80                                               | 32.40                                   | 34.20                                   | 50.00                                   | 40.00                                   | 54.93                                    | --                                       | 73.86                                    | --                                       |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu        | 786.00                                              | 825.00                                              | 1360.00                                             | 1088.00                                             | 707.40                                  | 500.85                                  | 1020.00                                 | 816.00                                  | 900.31                                   | --                                       | 286.91                                   | 213.51                                   |
| 25.      | Telangana         | 317.00                                              | 333.00                                              | 599.00                                              | 479.20                                              | 226.50                                  | 487.50                                  | 449.00                                  | 359.20                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 26.      | Tripura           | 36.00                                               | 38.00                                               | 76.00                                               | 60.80                                               | 32.40                                   | 34.20                                   | 68.00                                   | 54.40                                   | 171.74                                   | --                                       | 12.93                                    | --                                       |
| 27.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 781.00                                              | 820.00                                              | 2578.00                                             | 2062.40                                             | 351.45                                  | 849.30                                  | 1933.00                                 | 1546.40                                 | 157.23                                   | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 28.      | Uttarakhand       | 243.00                                              | 255.00                                              | 1041.00                                             | 832.80                                              | 218.70                                  | 229.50                                  | 937.00                                  | 749.60                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 29.      | West Bengal       | 598.00                                              | 628.00                                              | 1348.00                                             | 1078.40                                             | 269.10                                  | 650.40                                  | 1011.00                                 | 808.80                                  | --                                       | 958.33                                   | 2250.28                                  | 300.00                                   |
|          | TOTAL             | 12825.00                                            | 13465.00                                            | 28983.00                                            | 23186.40                                            | 9658.13                                 | 10937.62                                | 22262.425                               | 17747.20                                | 10000.00                                 | 18530.50                                 | 8257.11                                  | 3543.54                                  |

## Annexure-III

## State-wise details of deployment of NDRF Teams and persons rescued/ evacuated to safer places during Monsoon 2021

| S. N.   | State/ UT         |   Max. teams deployed | Rescued   | Evacuated   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------|-------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    |                    13 | 1,869     | 1,028       |
| 2.      | Assam             |                    10 | 0         | 258         |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh |                    02 | 02        | 0           |
| 4.      | Bihar             |                    20 | 40        | 1,630       |
| 5.      | Gujarat           |                    20 | 77        | 12          |
| 6.      | Himachal Pradesh  |                    05 | 01        | 0           |
| 7.      | Jharkhand         |                    04 | 0         | 12          |
| 8.      | Karnataka         |                    13 | 70        | 151         |
| 9.      | Kerala            |                    18 | 49        | 26          |
| 10.     | Madhya Pradesh    |                    09 | 1,849     | 265         |
| 11.     | Maharashtra       |                    34 | 3,851     | 2,326       |
| 12.     | Odisha            |                    06 | 15        | 2           |
| 13.     | Punjab            |                    03 | 01        | 0           |
| 14.     | Rajasthan         |                    03 | 196       | 6           |
| 15.     | Tamil Nadu        |                    08 | 78        | 550         |
| 16.     | Telangana         |                    05 | 1         | 12          |
| 17.     | Tripura           |                    03 | 0         | 85          |
| 18.     | Uttar Pradesh     |                    15 | 2138      | 123         |
| 19.     | Uttarakhand       |                    17 | 5         | 1,443       |
| 20.     | West Bengal       |                    28 | 139       | 1,340       |
| 21.     | Puducherry        |                     2 | 74        | 51          |
| Total   | Total             |                   239 | 10,455    | 9,320       |