Lok Sabha Question No. 568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-25
Subject: Floods in Rivers
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Dilip Saikia

## †568. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the steps being taken by the Government to control and check floods caused by rivers every year in the country during monsoon;

(b) whether the Government has prepared any road map to check the perennial situation of recurring flood in the North-Eastern region of the country;

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

(d)  whether  a  major  portion  of  Assam  and  Manipur  States  are  reeling  under  heavy  flood  situation thereby affecting lakhs of people; and

(e) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to deal with the same?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) to (c) 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  nonstructural  measures.  Integrated  flood  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 and protected a population of about 53.69 million.

Total central assistance amounting to Rs. 7106.47 crore has been released under FMP component to various states upto March 2024. Out of this central assistance amounting to Rs. 2260.50 crore has been

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 568

## ANSWERED ON 25.07.2024

## FLOODS IN RIVERS

to North Eastern States including Sikkim. Total 208 Flood Management Projects have been completed in North eastern states including Sikkim so far.

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  44 forecasting stations (6 Inflow Forecast Stations & 38 Level Forecast Stations) in North Eastern States including  Sikkim.  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.  Details  of  flood Forecasting stations in the Country including North-Eastern States is at Annexure.

Government  of  India  also  constituted  Brahmaputra  Board  in  1980  by  an  Act  of  Parliament Brahmaputra  Board  Act,  1980  (No.  46  of  1980)  with  the  objective  of  planning  and  integrated implementation of measures for control of floods and bank erosion in Brahmaputra Valley and matters connected therewith. Presently, it has Jurisdiction in all North Eastern States including Sikkim and a part of  West  Bengal  falling  in  Brahmaputra  Basin.  52  master  plans  have  been  prepared  by  Brahmaputra Board which have been shared to the concerned States for their implementation.

(d)  & (e) Yes, Assam and Manipur have faced the flooding of varying degrees in different region of respective states.

Total  111  Flood  Management  and  Anti  Erosion  Projects  under  Flood  Management  and  Border Areas Programme (FMBAP) in Assam have been completed and one project is ongoing. Central share amounting  to  Rs.  1557.04  crore  has  been  released  to  Assam.  Total  22  Flood  Management  and  Anti Erosion Projects under Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP) in Manipur have been  completed  and  one  project  is  ongoing.  Central  share  amounting  to  Rs.  281.71  crore  has  been released to Manipur.

CWC  maintains  a  network  of  116  hydro-meteorological  stations  in  Assam  and  2  stations  in Manipur. CWC has also 30 numbers of flood forecasting stations in Assam.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  568  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  25.07.2024  REGARDING  'FLOODS  IN RIVERS'.

## Flood forecasting sites in India and North-Eastern States

| State-wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | State-wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | State-wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | State-wise Flood Forecasting Stations   | State-wise Flood Forecasting Stations   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                   | Name of State/UT                        | Number of flood forecasting stations    | Number of flood forecasting stations    | Number of flood forecasting stations    |
|                                         |                                         | Level                                   | Inflow                                  | Total                                   |
| 1                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                       | 3                                       | 1                                       | 4                                       |
| 2                                       | Assam                                   | 30                                      | 0                                       | 30                                      |
| 3                                       | Sikkim                                  | 3                                       | 5                                       | 8                                       |
| 4                                       | Tripura                                 | 2                                       | 0                                       | 2                                       |
| 5                                       | Andhra Pradesh                          | 10                                      | 10                                      | 20                                      |
| 6                                       | Bihar                                   | 40                                      | 3                                       | 43                                      |
| 7                                       | Chhattisgarh                            | 1                                       | 2                                       | 3                                       |
| 8                                       | Gujarat                                 | 6                                       | 8                                       | 14                                      |
| 9                                       | Haryana                                 | 1                                       | 1                                       | 2                                       |
| 10                                      | Himachal Pradesh                        | 1                                       | 0                                       | 1                                       |
| 11                                      | Jammu &Kashmir                          | 3                                       | 0                                       | 3                                       |
| 12                                      | Jharkhand                               | 2                                       | 15                                      | 17                                      |
| 13                                      | Karnataka                               | 1                                       | 14                                      | 15                                      |
| 14                                      | Kerala                                  | 4                                       | 2                                       | 6                                       |
| 15                                      | Madhya Pradesh                          | 2                                       | 12                                      | 14                                      |
| 16                                      | Maharashtra                             | 8                                       | 14                                      | 22                                      |
| 17                                      | Odisha                                  | 12                                      | 7                                       | 19                                      |
| 18                                      | Rajasthan                               | 4                                       | 11                                      | 15                                      |
| 19                                      | Tamil Nadu                              | 4                                       | 11                                      | 15                                      |
| 20                                      | Telangana                               | 5                                       | 10                                      | 15                                      |
| 21                                      | Uttar Pradesh                           | 39                                      | 5                                       | 44                                      |
| 22                                      | Uttarakhand                             | 4                                       | 5                                       | 9                                       |
| 23                                      | West Bengal                             | 12                                      | 4                                       | 16                                      |
| 24                                      | Daman &Diu                              | 1                                       | 0                                       | 1                                       |
| 25                                      | NCT of Delhi                            | 2                                       | 0                                       | 2                                       |
|                                         | Total                                   | 200                                     | 140                                     | 340                                     |

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