Lok Sabha Question No. 2330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Increasing Incidents of City Flooding
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh, Shyam Yadav Singh, Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2330 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2023

## INCREASING INCIDENTS OF CITY FLOODING

NO. 2330.

SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH :

SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

ADV.ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government is aware of the increasing incidents of city flooding due  to  heavy  rains  and  inadequate  drainage  system  across  the  country, causing considerable inconvenience to the public, damage to property and threats to public health;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the cities most affected by such flooding events during the last five years;
- (c) the  details  of  the  strategies,  action  plans  or  policies  formulated  by  the Ministry for improving urban drainage infrastructure, flood management and disaster response to prevent such flooding in the future;
- (d) whether the Ministry has plans to collaborate with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Earth Sciences to develop integrated and sustainable solutions for flood management and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the timeline for the implementation of such strategies and action plans, and the budget allocation made towards these initiatives; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  would  convene  a  meeting  of  all  the  concerned States to form a long-term strategy to tackle the issue of urban floods and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)& (b): As per 12 th   Schedule  of  the  Constitution,  Urban  Planning  is  the function of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Urban Development Authorities. Government of India (GoI) has only advisory role in the matter.

The data related to urban flooding events is not maintained under AMRUT. However, the major cities most affected by floods during the last five years include  Palakkad,  Thrissur,  Cochin,  Malappuram  in  Kerala  (2018  &  2020), Hyderabad  (2020),  Bengaluru  (2022),  Manali  in  Himachal  Pradesh  (2023), Patiala, Dera Bassi in Punjab (2023) and Yamuna river Banks in Delhi (2023).

- (c),  (e)  &  (f):  The  Ministry  has  been  facilitating  States  through  certain initiatives and projects to prevent urban flooding, which are as follows:
- i. The Ministry has published Urban and Regional Development Plan Formulation and Implementation Guidelines 2014 (Chapter 6 sustainability Guidelines) for adoption of states also address the issues of Urban Flooding.
- ii. Ministry  has  published  Standard  Operating  procedures  (SOP)  for  Urban Flooding in 2017 which is an advisory and was circulated to all the States/UTs for their adoption as per local conditions.
- iii. The Ministry under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)  is also providing Central assistance to  prepare  Geographic Information System (GIS) based Master plans in Cities under Sub-Scheme on 'Formulation of GIS based Master Plan for AMRUT Cities. The Sub Scheme is 100% centrally funded and being implemented through State Governments, with  the  total  outlay  of  ₹.515.00  crore.    It  has  three  components.  (i)  GIS database creation, (ii) GIS based master plan formulation and (iii) Capacity Building. At present 461 towns in 34 States/UT are on board.
- iv. Storm  water  drainage  is  one  of  the  components  of  Atal  Mission  for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Against total allocation of ₹77,640  crore  for  projects  under  AMRUT,  ₹2,969  crore  (4%)  has  been allocated to Storm Water Drainage.  Against this allocation, total 812 projects worth ₹2,998 crore have been taken up across 19 states/UTs.  Of these, 719 projects  worth  ₹1,622  crore  have  been  completed  and  93  projects  worth ₹1,376  crore  are  under  implementation.  The  completed  projects  under AMRU T have helped eliminate 3,319 water logging points.
- (d) There is no such proposal under consideration.

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