Lok Sabha Question No. 6365 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Flood Management Programme and Flood Forecasting Initiatives
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ms Kangna Ranaut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6365

## ANSWERED ON 02.04.2026

## FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME AND FLOOD FORECASTING INITIATIVES

## 6365.   Ms KANGNA RANAUT:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  outcomes  of  the  Flood  Management  Programme  and  Flood  Forecasting  Initiatives  at the  national  level during the last five years;

(b) the details of the flood protection, erosion control and forecasting infrastructure created in Himachal Pradesh, river-specific, district-wise; and

(c) the steps taken to strengthen early warning systems and disaster preparedness in flood and landslide-prone hill regions?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY)

(a) to (c) 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 through a centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)'. Total central assistance amounting to Rs. 8725.16 crore has been released under FMBAP Scheme to various states upto March 2025 which includes Rs. 862.74 Crore for Himachal Pradesh. During last 5 years (2021-26), total central assistance released under FMBAP is Rs. 1566.93 Crore, which includes Rs. 49.04 Crore for Himachal Pradesh.

Total  431  flood  management  projects  under  Flood  Management  Programme  (FMP)  component  of FMBAP have been completed in various States which gave protection from flood to an area of around 5.13 Mha  and  protected  a  population  of  about  54.84  million  from  flood. In  Himachal  Pradesh  six  flood management projects have been completed with central assistance under FMBAP, details of which is given at Annexure.

Central Water Commission (CWC) maintains a network of 350 Flood Forecasting Stations (150 Inflow Forecast Stations + 200 Level Forecast Stations) through out the country in consultation with State Govt./ Project Authorities. During last 5 years, 22 nos. of Flood Forecasting stations has been opened in the country. Himachal Pradesh  has  26  nos.  of  Hydrological  Stations  and  one  level  flood  forecasting  station  at  Paonta Sahib on river Yamuna in District Sirmour. CWC has developed basin wise flood forecasting model based on rainfall-runoff  mathematical  modelling  for  7  days  advance  flood  forecast  advisory  for  all  the  forecasting stations in addition to the short-range flood forecasts with a lead time up to 24 hours.

National  Disaster  Management  Authority  (NDMA)  has  implemented  'Common  Alerting  Protocol (CAP)'  based  integrated  alert  system  for  dissemination  of  alerts  pertaining  to  various  disasters  including flood  and  land  slide.  NDMA  has  also  implemented National  Landslide  Risk  Mitigation  Programme (NLRMP)  envisaging  deployment  of  sensor-based  systems,  real-time  hazard  assessment,  and  effective dissemination  of  alerts  through  integrated  communication  platforms  across  15  landslide  prone  States including Himachal Pradesh.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRRED QUESTION NO. 6365 TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  02.04.2026  REGARDING FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME AND FLOOD FORECASTING INITIATIVES

No.  of  flood  management  projects  completed  in  Himachal  Pradesh  with  central  assistance  under FMBAP since XI plan

|   S. No. | Name of Project                                                                                                                                                       | District   | River      |   Benefitted area (Hectare) |   Benefitted population |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Channelisation of Bata River from RD 10230 to RD 19700 meter in Tehsil Poanta                                                                                         | Sirmour    | Bata       |                     1537.81 |                   17000 |
|        2 | Swan River Flood Management & Integrated Land Development Project (Phase-II)                                                                                          | Una        | Swan       |                     5000    |                    9000 |
|        3 | Flood protection works to Soan Khad from Sayathi Awal to KaiswaiDharampur in Tehsil Sarkaghat                                                                         | Mandi      | Beas       |                       56    |                    1030 |
|        4 | Providing Stabilization of Seer Khad & Flood control works from Jahoo to Bum in Tehsil Ghumarwin                                                                      | Bilaspur   | Seer khand |                      120    |                    5370 |
|        5 | Channelisation of tributaries of Bata River Phase-I (Sunker) in Tehsil-Paonta Sahib                                                                                   | Sirmour    | Bata       |                      584.6  |                    7460 |
|        6 | Swan river flood management project from Daulatpur to Gargel Bridge in main Swan River & all tributaries joining main Swan River from Daulatpur to Santokhgarj Bridge | Una        | Swan       |                     7163.49 |                  235834 |

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