Lok Sabha Question No. 1712 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-01
Subject: Flood Control Measures
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky, Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1712

ANSWERED ON 01.08.2024

## FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES

## 1712. SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY DR. VINOD KUMAR BIND

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken any cognizance of the flood caused by excessive rainfall in the country particularly in the States of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details of action taken by the Government in these States, district-wise;

(c) whether any long-term programmatic measure has been taken by the Government to minimize the damage caused by the floods every year;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(e)  whether  the  Government has any specific strategy to control floods  in Madhya Pradesh,  Balasore district of Odisha, Badohi district of Uttar Pradesh; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a)  to  (f) Floods  are  natural  calamity  that  India  faces  almost  every  year,  in  varying  degrees  of magnitude including in the States of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Flood  management  including  erosion  control  falls  within  the  purview  of  the  States.  Flood management and anti-erosion schemes are formulated and implemented by concerned State Governments  as  per  their  priority.  The  Union  Government  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  States  by providing  technical  guidance  and  also  promotional  financial  assistance  for  management  of  floods  in critical areas.

Flood  management  measures  are  broadly  categorized  as  structural  measures  and  non-structural measures. Integrated flood management approach aims at adopting judicious mix of structural and nonstructural  measures  to  provide  a  reasonable  degree  of  protection  against  flood  damages  at  economic cost.

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.

Total 427 projects under FMP component of FMBAP have been completed in various States which give protection to an area of around 5.04 Mha. For taking up flood management projects in the States, the central assistance amounting to Rs. 119.42 crore and 470.19 crore has been released upto March, 2024 to Odisha and Uttar Pradesh under Flood Management and Border Areas Programme of Ministry.

For  Non  Structural  measures,  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC)  is  the  nodal  Organisation entrusted  with  the  task  of  flood  forecasting  &  early  flood  warnings  in  the  country.  Presently,  CWC issues flood forecasts at 19 Stations in Odisha, 14 Stations in Madhya Pradesh and 44 Stations in Uttar Pradesh.  The  network  has  been  established  in  consultation  with  the  State  Governments  and  UTs.  In order  to  provide  more  lead  time  to  the  local  authorities  to  plan  evacuation  of  people  &  take  other remedial  measures,  CWC  has  developed  basin  wise  flood  forecasting  model  based  on  rainfall-runoff mathematical modelling for 7 days' advance advisory at its forecasting stations.

Further, the action taken by State Governments of Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for taking flood control measures are given as under:

## ODISHA

Government of Odisha has informed that for flood control measure in Balasore district, 29 Nos. of flood protection works have been completed at an expenditure of Rs 170.67 crore during last 5 years. During last 5 years, Government of Odisha has incurred Rs 3946.70 Crore on Flood Control works.

## UTTAR PRADESH

Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  has  informed  that  Irrigation  &  Water  Resources  Department, Government of Uttar  Pradesh  regularly  prepares  flood  protection  projects  for  anti-erosion  works  and strengthening of embankments, wherever necessary considering their technical feasibility in consultation with  stakeholders  and  public  representatives  every  year.  The  State  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  has constructed 523 nos. of marginal embankments with total length of 3869 km to mitigate the flood.

Government of Uttar Pradesh has informed that for controlling floods in the  Bhadohi  district  of Uttar  Pradesh,  03  Automatic  Weather  Station  for  tehsil  and  12  Automatic  Rain  gauge  have  been installed for better monitoring of rain pattern.

## MADHYA PRADESH

Government  of  Madhya  Pradesh  has  informed  that  Disaster  Warning  and  Response  System (DWRS)  has  been  developed  wherein  the  alerts  issued  by  Indian  Meteorological  Department  are integrated on the dashboard of DWRS.

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