Lok Sabha Question No. 4128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: Use of Floodwater in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4128

ANSWERED ON 19.12.2024

## USE OF FLOODWATER IN UTTAR PRADESH

## †4128. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the measures taken/likely to be taken by the Government to address the problem of floodwater in the rivers of Uttar Pradesh;

(b) whether the Government proposes any measures/projects to store the floodwater for future use and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of water being wasted in the districts of Uttar Pradesh due to floods every year; and

(d) whether any estimate has been made for storing flood water in cubic litres each year which is being wasted due to floods in Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) 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.

Government of India had implemented Flood Management Programme (FMP) during XI & XII Plan for providing  Central  Assistance  to  States  for  works  related  to  river  management,  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  further extended for a period of 5 years from 2021-22 to 2025-26. Total Central assistance amounting to Rs 692.75 Cr. has been released to Uttar Pradesh under FMBAP since its inception.

Further, Central Water Commission (CWC) issues flood forecasts for 44 Flood Forecasting Stations (39 level & 5 Inflow) in Uttar Pradesh.

(b) to (d) Government of India formulated a National Perspective Plan (NPP) in year 1980 and National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has been entrusted with work of Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) under NPP.  The Scheme  of  Interlinking  of  Rivers  (ILR)  under  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  has  been  formulated  for providing storages and transfer of surplus waters to water deficit regions to minimize the miseries brought by droughts and also to mitigate the ravages of annually recurring floods. The flood water from flood prone / water surplus river basins would be diverted to water deficit regions and would also recharge ground water table, tanks and canals in the command areas.

Under NPP, 30 link projects have been identified, 16 link projects under Peninsular component and 14 link projects under Himalayan component.

Details  of  Link  project  under  National  Prospective  Plan  that  are  benefitting  Uttar  Pradesh  is  given  at Annexure.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4128 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  19.12.2024  REGARDING  'USE  OF  FLOODWATER  IN UTTAR PRADESH'.

|   Sl. No. | Name                     |   Annual Irrigation (Lakh ha) | Domestic& Industrial (Mm³)   | Hydro power (MW)              | Status                                         |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Ken-Betwa link           |                         10.62 | 194                          | 103MW (Hydro) &27 MW(Solar)   | DPR completed& project is under implementation |
|         2 | Kosi-Ghaghra link        |                          8.35 | 0                            | -                             | FR completed                                   |
|         3 | Gandak Ganga link        |                         34.58 | 700                          | 4375 (Dam PH) &180 (Canal PH) | FR completed and circulated                    |
|         4 | Ghaghra Yamuna link      |                         27.84 | 1391                         | 10884                         | Draft FR completed                             |
|         5 | Sarda Yamuna link        |                          2.95 | 3054                         | 6620                          | FR completed                                   |
|         6 | Chunar-Sone Barrage link |                          0.67 | -                            | -                             | Draft FR completed                             |

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