(a) the details of the losses suffered by the Char districts of Assam due to soil erosion by the rivers during the last three years;
(b) the quantum of fertile soil of each district which got eroded in rivers in Assam during the said period; and
(c) the steps being taken by the Government to check the said river bank erosion?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)
(a) & (b) As per the figure furnished by the Government of Assam, the Revenue-Circle/ District-wise details of the losses suffered due to soil erosion in Districts of Assam with Char areas in respect of area of land eroded and family & persons displaced due to erosion of river from 2015 till December, 2017 is given at Annexure-I.
(c) Flood Management including erosion control falls within the purview of the States. The flood management & anti-erosion schemes are planned, investigated and implemented by the State Governments with own resources as per priority within the State. The Union Government renders technical guidance and promotional financial assistance to States. Government of India had launched “Flood Management Programme (FMP)” during XI Plan for providing central assistance to the State Governments for taking up works related to river management, flood control, anti-erosion, drainage development, flood proofing works, restoration of damaged flood management works and anti-sea erosion works which was continued during XII Plan.
In the State of Assam, a total of 141 projects costing Rs.2383.11 crore were approved and included under FMP. During XI Plan, 100 projects with an estimated cost of Rs.996.14 crore were approved while during XII Plan, 41 projects with an estimated cost of Rs.1386.97 crore were approved. Central Assistance amounting to Rs.748.86 crore was released during XI Plan and Rs.64.89 crore during XII Plan. Further a Central Assistance of Rs.245.49 crore has also been released during year 2017-18 to State Government of Assam. Since start of XI Plan, total Central Assistance released to State Government of Assam under FMP is Rs.1059.24 crore until 3l-Mar-18.
As informed by the State Water Resources Department (WRD), no special scheme for protection of Char areas have been formulated. However, different protection schemes have been taken up by the State WRD during XI and XII Plan with funds from North Eastern Council (NEC), Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR), National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) etc.
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Annexure-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3761 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 09.08.2018 REGARDING “SOIL EROSION”
Revenue-Circle/ District-wise details of the losses suffered due to soil erosion in Districts of Assam with Char areas in respect of area of land eroded and family & persons displaced from 2015 till December, 2017
S. No. District Revenue Circle Area of land eroded* Nos. of family affected No. of people displaced due to erosion
1 Sonitpur Thelamara 297B-3K-15L
Tezpur 48B-2K-10L 4 22
Chariduar 460B-1K-1L 1 5
2 Darrang Chamua 8306B-4K-1L
Sipajhar 10B-3K-17L
3 Jorhat Jorhat West 3B-3K-7L NIL NIL
Teok 4B-3K-18L
4 Kamrup (M) NIL NIL NIL
5 Nalbari Barkhetri 1620B-0K-5L 533 2998
1452 Bigha 451 2240
252B-0K-0L 81 420
94B-2K-10L 47 282
6 Barpeta Barpeta 70B-0K-5L NIL
64B-0K-0L NIL
7 Goalpara Matia 905N-1K-17L 142 822
1127B-2k-14L 137 732
801N-2K-5L 60 312
130B-0K-2L 60 338
35B-1K-18L 13 64
30B-4K-7L 11 52
95B-4K-6L 11 56
8 Kamrup Hajo 1300K-2K-9L NIL
Palashbari 45B-2K-7L NIL
Chaygaon 15B-0K-0L NIL
Chamaria 554B-0K-0L 107 464
Nagarbera 18B-3K-5L 16
9 Morigaon Not Provided 6113B-1K-9L 2409 Not Provided
10 Nagaon Kaliabor 396-0K-15L 22
Samuguri 899 Bigha 378
Kampur 11B-0K-0L Not provided
11 Dhubri Dhubri 2070B-1K-11L 957 4625
Golokganj 20B-0K-0L 39 202
Agomani 827B-1K-0L 5 27
Athani 2289B-2K-15L 163 815
Bilasipara 289B-2K-19L 106 524
Chapor 30b-0K-0L 5 22
South Salmara 731B-2K-17L 917 3668
12 Dhemaji Jonai 204 1478
Sissiborgaon 204
13 Bongaigoan Srijangam 1471B-2K-19L NIL
Boitamari 40B-0K-1L NIL
Dangtal 105B-2K-3L NIL
14 Tinsukia Nil
* B-Bigha, K-Katha and L-Lessa. Unit of land measurement.