Lok Sabha Question No. 489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Floods in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Dharmendra Yadav, Shri Dharmendra Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 489

ANSWERED ON 25.07.2024

## FLOODS IN UTTAR PRADESH

## †489. SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Government is aware that various districts of Uttar Pradesh suffer huge loss of life and property every year due to flood in river Ghaghara and its tributaries during the last three years and if so, the details of the extent of loss of life and property thereof;

(b) the reasons for non-decline in loss of life and property due to floods in spite of assurances made by the Government; and

(c) the concrete steps taken by the Government to ensure security of life and property?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) Yes, various districts of Uttar Pradesh suffer loss of life and property due to flood in river Ghaghara and its tributaries. The details of the extent of loss of life and property in 10 districts in the Ghagara basin is given in Annexure.

(b) India faces floods almost every year, in varying degrees of magnitude. Providing absolute protection to  all  flood  prone  areas  against  all  magnitude  of  floods  is  practically  not  possible.  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.

(c) Following steps have been taken by Uttar Pradesh Government to ensure security of life and property:

- i. As a structural measure of flood management, total 523 nos. of flood embankments of 3869 km length  along  the  banks  of  different  rivers  have  been  constructed  by  Irrigation  and  Water Resources Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
- ii. Installation of Automatic Weather Station and Automatic Raingauge across the State.
- iii. Establishment of the shelters in the flood prone districts.
- iv. Establishment of Doppler Radar in five districts.

In addition to above, Central Water Commission (CWC) issues station-specific flood forecasts as a non-structural measurement of flood management at identified river locations in the State. CWC have 44 flood forecasting sites in Uttar Pradesh in which three level forecast sites and one inflow forecasting sites are on Ghaghara river.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 489 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  25.07.2024  REGARDING  'FLOODS  IN  UTTAR PRADESH'.

## Details of damage due to Flood in Uttar Pradesh during the last three years

| Year    | Lives Lost   | Lives Lost   | Complete loss of Pacca   | Complete             | Partially damaged   | Partially Kachha House   | Hut   | Damaged Damaged property   |
|---------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------|----------------------------|
| Year    | Human        | Animal       | House                    | loss of Kachha House | Pacca House         | damaged                  |       | Damaged Damaged property   |
| 2021-22 | 26           | 16           | 420                      | 85                   | 43                  | 596                      | 766   | 2                          |
| 2022-23 | 9            | 7            | 146                      | 347                  | 38                  | 499                      | 1703  | 4                          |
| 2023-24 | 0            | 0            | 116                      | 53                   | 12                  | 0                        | 140   | 0                          |

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