Lok Sabha Question No. 574 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Threat of Urban Floods
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 574

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024/ MAGHA 17, 1945 (SAKA)

THREAT OF URBAN FLOODS

†574.      SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken any steps to mitigate the threat of urban floods;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the measures taken by the Government in this regard and the amount of funds allocated for the same?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Management  of  urban  floods  falls  under  the  purview  of  the State  Governments  and  the  Urban  Local  Bodies  /  Urban  Development Authorities, who are responsible for maintaining the drainage and sewerage system in the cities / towns.

Fifteenth  Finance  Commission  has  recommended  an  allocation  of  Rs. 2,500 Crore under National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) over its award period  to  prepare  integrated  solutions  for  flood  management  for  three metro cities (Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata) with fund allocation of Rs. 500

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 574 FOR 06.02.2024

Crore  to  each  of  the  metro  cities  and  to  prevent  urban  flooding  for  four cities (Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune) with fund allocation of  Rs.  250  Crore  to  each  of  the  cities.    Out  of  the  seven  cities,  Central Government,  has  approved  the  project  of  the  Integrated  Urban  Flood Management activities for Chennai basin of Rs. 561.29 crore, with central allocation of Rs 500 crore.

Central  Government  has  facilitated States through  various steps to prevent urban flooding some of which are as under: -

(i) The  National  Guidelines  for  the  Management  of  Urban  Flooding issued by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is an important step  towards  the  development  of  plans  for  the  management  of  urban flooding.    The  guidelines  have  been  prepared  to  provide  guidance  to ministries/ departments, States/UTs and urban local bodies for the preparation  of  their  Disaster  Management  (DM)  plans.  These  guidelines call for a proactive, participatory, well-structured, failsafe, multidisciplinary and multi-sector approach at various levels.

(ii) For the guidance of the States / UTs, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  issued  Urban  and  Regional  Development  Plans Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines, 2014 by integrating NDMA guidelines.

- (iii) MoHUA has formulated Model Building Bye Laws (MBBL), 2016 for the States/UTs for mandatory inclusion of the complete proposal of rainwater harvesting for plot size of 100 sq.m. or more.
- (iv) MoHUA has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Urban Flooding in 2017 which lays down the specific actions to be undertaken by the Urban Local Bodies, District Administration and the State Government.
- (v) MoHUA has published a Manual on Storm Water Drainage Systems, 2019 to provide guidance on sustainable design, planning & management of storm water drainage systems and emergency plan for flood response in urban areas.
- (vi) Storm water drainage is one of the components of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Against total allocation of  ₹77,640  crore  for  projects  under  AMRUT,  ₹2,969  crore  (4%)  has  been allocated  to  Storm  Water  Drainage.  So  far,  under  Storm  Water  Drainage Sector, 750 projects worth ₹1,883 crore have been completed across 19 States/  Union  Territories  (UTs).  This  has  resulted  in  the  elimination  of 3,445 water logging points.

(vii) Under  the  AMRUT  2.0  Scheme,  rejuvenation  of  water  bodies  and wells  is  one  of  main  components.  The  admissible  elements  under  this include  harvesting  the  rainwater  through  storm  water  drains  into  water body (which is not receiving sewage/ effluent).

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