Lok Sabha Question No. 155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-20
Subject: Flooding in Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Pradyut Bordoloi, Shyam Yadav Singh

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 155

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 20, 2023

## FLOODING IN CITIES

NO. 155.    SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI: SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  AMRUT  Cities  which  experienced  urban  flooding  under NDMA Act over the last three years;
- (b) the funds allocated and disbursed for the said purpose along with the status  of  projects  approved  under  AMRUT  Mission  for  storm  water drainage management in these cities;
- (c) whether there is a proposal to declassify urban flooding as a natural disaster and classify it as a urban planning issue and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has any data indicating the causes for frequent occurrence of Urban floods in various States and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has done any study to ascertain the economic loss caused to the citizens due to Urban floods and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (f) whether the Government has taken any measures or prepared a strategy to  prevent  Urban  floods  and  mitigate  the  future  losses  and  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (g) whether the AMRUT scheme has made any progress in reducing flooding in cities along with the names of the cities in which the programme has made impact in controlling floods and the methods used in the AMRUT scheme to reduce flooding and the scope for replicating any experiments in flood control in cities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a):   Urban development including urban planning is a State subject. City-wise, Year-wise  Urban  flooding  data  is  not  maintained  under  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
- (b): Under AMRUT Mission, funds (Central Assistance) are not allocated and released sector-wise or project-wise, but to the State/ Union Territory as per the Mission  guidelines.    So  far,  under  Storm  Water  Drainage  Sector,  719  projects worth ₹1,622 crore have been completed and 93 projects worth ₹1,376 crore are under implementation across 19 States/Union Territories (UTs).
- (c): No such proposal is under consideration under AMRUT Mission.
- (d): Urban development including urban planning being a State subject, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) only supplements the efforts of the States and  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)  in  these  sectors  through  its  various  flagship programs like AMRUT. Data pertaining to the causes of frequent flooding is not maintained under AMRUT Mission.
- (e): No such study has been conducted under AMRUT Mission.
- (f): Management of urban flooding falls under purview of the State Governments and the Urban Local Bodies / Urban Development Authorities who are responsible for maintaining the drainage and sewerage system. However, MoHUA has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) on Urban Flooding in 2017 and published manual  on  Storm  Water  Drainage  Systems,  2019  to  assist  the  States/  Union Territories (UTs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and other stakeholders on the planning, design, operation and maintenance of Storm water drainage systems and to assist all States/ UTs to raise the level of preparedness in the event of urban flooding, and for emergency operations including rescue and restoration of services.
- (g): Under AMRUT Mission, storm water drainage is an admissible component which involves construction and improvement of drains/ storm water drains in order to reduce and eliminate flooding. So far, 7 19 projects worth ₹1,622 crore have   been   completed  and   93    projects   worth ₹1,376 crore   are    under

implementation across 19 States/ UTs. Through these completed projects, 3,319 water logging points have been eliminated by laying/ construction of 1,073 km of storm water drainage network.

Besides this, Ministry also brought out Standard Operating Procedure on Urban Flooding, 2017 and published manual on Storm Water Drainage Systems, 2019 to assist the States/ UTs and ULBs and other stakeholders on the planning, design, operation and maintenance of Storm water drainage systems. The list of 75 cities  where 3,319 water logging points have been eliminated through the projects completed under AMRUT is at ANNEXURE.

Under  AMRUT,  projects  have  been  selected,  appraised,  approved  and implemented by the concerned States/ UTs/ ULBs as per their local conditions/ constraints and the requirement, which may result in reduction of flooding in their area.  States/  UTs  have  mainly  taken  projects  for  new  drainage  network, rehabilitation  &  cleaning  of  existing  drainage  networks,  covering  of  drains  to protect from dumping of garbage, installation of pumps etc. to mitigate urban flooding. AMRUT Mission encourages sharing of good practices being carried out in any AMRUT city with all other Mission cities. Further, States/ UTs/ ULBs are free  to  adopt  any  suitable  technique/  method  based on  their  local  conditions/ requirements.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (g)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 155 REGARDING 'FLOODING UNDER AMRUT', DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20 JULY, 2023.

## List of cities where water logging points have been eliminated through the projects completed under AMRUT

| S.No   | State                       |   No. | City                  |   Water Logging Points eliminated |
|--------|-----------------------------|-------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |     1 | Port Blair            |                                11 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh           |     2 | Itanagar              |                                 2 |
| 3      | Delhi                       |     3 | MCD                   |                                17 |
| 4      | Gujarat                     |     4 | Amreli                |                                11 |
|        |                             |     5 | Anand                 |                                 6 |
|        |                             |     6 | Bharuch               |                                 4 |
|        |                             |     7 | Bhavnagar             |                                13 |
|        |                             |     8 | Bhuj                  |                                10 |
|        |                             |     9 | Deesa                 |                                13 |
|        |                             |    10 | Gandhidham            |                                 9 |
|        |                             |    11 | Gandhinagar           |                                51 |
|        |                             |    12 | Godhra                |                                 2 |
|        |                             |    13 | Gondal                |                                10 |
|        |                             |    14 | Mahesana              |                                 3 |
|        |                             |    15 | Nadiad                |                                 2 |
|        |                             |    16 | Navsari               |                                23 |
|        |                             |    17 | Palanpur              |                                 3 |
|        |                             |    18 | Patan                 |                                12 |
|        |                             |    19 | Porbandar             |                                 2 |
|        |                             |    20 | Rajkot                |                                23 |
|        |                             |    21 | Surendranagar Dudhrej |                                 6 |
|        |                             |    22 | Vadodara              |                                 5 |
|        |                             |    23 | Valsad                |                                 3 |
|        |                             |    24 | Vapi                  |                                 6 |
| 5      | Haryana                     |    25 | Ambala                |                                25 |
|        | Haryana                     |    26 | Bhiwani               |                                15 |
|        | Haryana                     |    27 | Faridabad             |                                25 |
|        | Haryana                     |    28 | Jind                  |                                20 |
|        | Haryana                     |    29 | Kaithal               |                                15 |
|        | Haryana                     |    30 | Karnal                |                                20 |
|        | Haryana                     |    31 | Sirsa                 |                                15 |
|        | Haryana                     |    32 | Sonipat               |                                15 |
|        | Haryana                     |    33 | Thanesar              |                                27 |
|        | Haryana                     |    34 | Yamunanagar           |                                11 |
| 6      | Himachal Pradesh            |    35 | Shimla                |                               244 |
| 7      | Jammu and Kashmir           |    36 | Anantnag              |                                 4 |

| S.No   | State          |   No. | City               | Water Logging Points eliminated   |
|--------|----------------|-------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        |                |    37 | Jammu              | 71                                |
|        |                |    38 | Srinagar           | 104                               |
| 8      | Karnataka      |    39 | Badami             | 4                                 |
|        |                |    40 | Bagalkot           | 20                                |
|        |                |    41 | Bhadravati         | 10                                |
|        |                |    42 | Chikmagalur        | 7                                 |
|        |                |    43 | Chitradurga        | 5                                 |
|        |                |    44 | Hospet             | 22                                |
|        |                |    45 | Mangalore          | 4                                 |
|        |                |    46 | Shimoga            | 31                                |
|        |                |    47 | Tumkur             | 9                                 |
| 9      | Kerala         |    48 | Alappuzha          | 174                               |
|        |                |    49 | Guruvayur          | 29                                |
|        |                |    50 | Kannur             | 5                                 |
|        |                |    51 | Kochi              | 103                               |
|        |                |    52 | Kollam             | 29                                |
|        |                |    53 | Kozhikode          | 17                                |
|        |                |    54 | Palakkad           | 200                               |
|        |                |    55 | Thiruvananthapuram | 570                               |
|        |                |    56 | Thrissur           | 51                                |
| 10     | Madhya Pradesh |    57 | Bhopal             | 154                               |
|        |                |    58 | Damoh              | 4                                 |
|        |                |    59 | Dewas              | 5                                 |
|        |                |    60 | Gwalior            | 8                                 |
|        |                |    61 | Mandsaur           | 7                                 |
|        |                |    62 | Ratlam             | 4                                 |
|        |                |    63 | Satna              | 5                                 |
| 11     | Maharashtra    |    64 | Mira Bhayandar     | 20                                |
| 12     | Rajasthan      |    65 | Baran              | 3                                 |
|        |                |    66 | Churu              | 1                                 |
|        |                |    67 | Jhunjhunun         | 3                                 |
|        |                |    68 | Udaipur            | 6                                 |
| 13     | Sikkim         |    69 | Gangtok            | 853                               |
| 14     | Uttarakhand    |    70 | Dehradun           | 57                                |
|        |                |    71 | Hardwar            | 6                                 |
|        |                |    72 | Nainital           | 9                                 |
|        |                |    73 | Rudrapur           | 4                                 |
| 15     | West Bengal    |    74 | Halisahar          | 12                                |
|        |                |    75 | Panihati           | 10                                |
|        | Grand Total    |    75 |                    | 3,319                             |