Question : Calamity Prone Areas

(a) whether the Government has identified regions prone to floods, landslides and avalanches in the country for taking preventive measures and to mitigate the impact of such calamities;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether owing to delay in assessment of losses in flood affected areas by the central agencies, the flood affected people are not getting timely assistance;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the funds provided as assistance to flood affected persons by the Government during the last two years, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (e): As per the vulnerability Atlas of India published by Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation), India is vulnerable to various types of calamities. As per said Atlas 58.6% of its land is prone to earthquake, 8.5% is vulnerable to cyclone and 5% vulnerable to flood. The hilly regions are at risk from landslides and avalanches.

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L.S.US.Q.NO.4074 FOR 20.03.2018

With regard to providing assistance to the States in the time of disaster including flood, it is stated that the primary responsibility for disaster management rests with the States. The Government of India extends all the possible logistics and financial support to the States to supplement their efforts to meet the situation effectively. There are well established institutional mechanisms at the National, State and district level for effective management of natural calamities including flood at the State/ District and local Governments level. In order to supplement the efforts of the State, financial assistance is extended from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)/ National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), in accordance with the established procedure. The concerned State Governments undertake assessment of losses and provide relief to the affected people in the wake of natural calamities including flood, from the SDRF already placed at their disposal, in accordance with the approved items & norms of assistance and based on the magnitude of the ground situation. The financial assistance is towards relief and not for compensation of loss as suffered/ claimed. This Ministry does not centrally maintain the relief provided to the affected persons, since execution of relief activities on the ground is responsibility of State concerned.

State-wise details of allocation and releases from SDRF and NDRF during the last two years are given in Annexure.





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