Lok Sabha Question No. 1833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-01
Subject: Floods Control and Management
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Ram Shiromani Verma, Shri Ram Shiromani Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1833

ANSWERED ON 01.08.2024

## FLOODS CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT

## †1833.  SHRI RAM SHIROMANI VERMA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether many districts of the country have been severely affected due to recent floods and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(b) the action taken by the Government in this regard;

(c) the proposals received from various State Governments to control and manage floods in the country along with the present status thereof, State-wise; and

(d) the details of the funds allocated and released by the Union Government to the State Governments under various schemes, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) & (b) The data of districts of the country which have been affected due to recent floods is not centrally maintained. The flood management schemes including anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by  concerned  State  Governments  with  their  own  funds  as  per  their  priority.  The  Union  Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and promotional financial assistance for management of floods in critical areas.

To strengthen the structural measures of flood management, Union Government had implemented Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI & XII Plans for providing central assistance to States for works related  to  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 was further extended up to 2026 with limited outlay.

As  a  non-structural  measure,  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC)  has  established  a  flood  forecasting network across the country and issues flood forecasts at 340 stations. The level forecasts help the user agencies in deciding mitigating measures like evacuation of people and shifting people and their movable property to safer locations. The Inflow Forecasting is used by various dam authorities in optimum operation of reservoirs for  safe  passage  of  flood  downstream  as  well  as  to  ensure  adequate  storage  in  the  reservoirs  for  meeting demand during non-monsoon period.

(c) In  FMBAP,  upto  March,  2024,  a  total  427  projects  have  been  completed  in  various  States  which  give protection  to  an  area  of  around  5.04  Mha  and  protected  a  population  of  about  53.69  million.  Currently  35 projects  under  FMP  component  of  FMBAP  in  different  States  are  ongoing.  Details  of  State  wise  ongoing projects under FMP is at Annexure .

(d) To  assist  various  States  in  flood  control  and management, Union Government is implementing FMBAP scheme.  Total  central  assistance  amounting  to  Rs.  7106.47  Crore  and  Rs  1258.73  Crore  has  been  released under FMP and River Management Activities and Works in Border Areas (RMBA) respectively  of FMBAP scheme  to  various  states  upto  March  2024.  Total  central  assistance  amounting  to  Rs  470.19  crore  and  Rs 222.56  Crore  has  been  released  to  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  under  FMP  and  RMBA  component respectively of FMBAP scheme.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1833  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  01.08.2024  REGARDING  'FLOODS CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT'.

| Name of State    |   No. of FMP projects ongoing |
|------------------|-------------------------------|
| Uttarakhand      |                             2 |
| Nagaland         |                             3 |
| Bihar            |                             5 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                             3 |
| West Bengal      |                             2 |
| Jammu &Kashmir   |                            16 |
| Ladakh           |                             1 |
| Manipur          |                             1 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                             1 |
| Assam            |                             1 |
| Total            |                            35 |

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