Lok Sabha Question No. 1699 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-01
Subject: Flood Management
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Jagdambika Pal, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Shri Khagen Murmu, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1699

ANSWERED ON 01.08.2024

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT

| 1699.   | SHRIANURAG SINGH THAKUR   | SHRIKHAGENMURMU         |
|---------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|         | SHRI DILIP SAIKIA         | SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT |
|         | SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL       |                         |

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the steps taken by the Government to tackle the flood situation in the country since 2019;

(b) the details of status and role of North East Water Management Authority to tackle flood in North East of India;

(c) whether there is any improvement in flood situation in the country through steps taken in direction of flood management by the Government and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government has some new effective plans in pipeline to tackle flood situations in the country especially in the State of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a) 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.

The details of the steps taken by the Government to tackle the flood situation in the country since 2019 is given below:

- i. 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 202021 and was further extended up to 2026 with limited outlay.
- ii. 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.
- iii. Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti  has  continuously  impressed  upon  the  States  the  need  to  adopt  flood plain  zoning  approach.  A  model  draft  bill  for  flood-plain  zoning  legislation  was  also circulated  by  Central  Water  Commission  in  1975  to  all  the  States.   The  bill  envisages establishing flood plain zones and delineate the areas which are subject to flooding including classification of land with reference to relative risk of flood plain use intended to safeguard the health, safety  and property  of the  general public.  In order to  enable  States to undertake scientific  assessment  of  flood  plains  and  its  zoning,  a  technical  guideline  on  Flood  Plain Zoning has been prepared by Ministry and circulated to the States/UTs in 2024.

(b) At present, North-East Water Management Authority does not exist.

(c) As per report of Central Water Commission on 'Assessment of Area Affected Due to Floods in India' based on satellite imageries data from 1986 to 2022, the total flood affected areas in India is assessed as 21.213 Mha and area protected through various steps taken for flood management by the Central/State Government is 20.538 Mha. As per the report of Rastriya Badh Aayog (RBA) of 1980, a total of 33.516 Mha area was flood effected & 9.77 Mha area was protected from floods.

(d) As  informed  by  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  total  1417  numbers  of  flood  protection  projects have been completed since 2019-20 in Uttar Pradesh which protect 38.19  Lakh hectare of land and population  of  285.90  Lakh  from  flood.  Year  wise  details  of  flood  protection  projects  completed  by Government of Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure .

Further, State Disaster Management Authority of Government of Uttar Pradesh has been organising the  country's  largest  mock  drill  each  year  involving  all  40  flood  prone  districts  of  the  state.  State Disaster Management Authority has also prepared comprehensive State Disaster Management & Flood Action Plan and Safety Awareness Programs.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1699 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 01.08.2024 REGARDING 'FLOOD MANAGEMENT'.

| FY      |   Number of completed flood protection projects |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                                             151 |
| 2020-21 |                                             196 |
| 2021-22 |                                             167 |
| 2022-23 |                                             283 |
| 2023-24 |                                             362 |
| 2024-25 |                                             258 |
| Total   |                                            1417 |

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