(a) whether the country has been suffering huge losses due to flood for the last few years;
(b) if so, the details thereof including Assam;
(c) whether the Government has prepared any action plan to overcome the situation of flood in the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Assam?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)
(a) & (b) Floods are natural calamity that the country faces almost every year, in varying degrees of magnitude. The occurrence of floods can be attributed to various factors, including wide variations in rainfall both in time and space with frequent departures from the normal pattern, inadequate carrying capacities of rivers, river bank erosion and silting of river beds, landslides, poor natural drainage in flood prone areas, snowmelt and glacial lake out-bursts. Central Water Commission compiles flood damage data on the basis of information received from States. As per the data of last 20 years, no trend is perceived in the economic loss because of floods in the State of Assam. Maximum loss occurred in economic term was Rs 4164.81 Cr in year 2017. Statement showing flood damages during last twenty years in State of Assam is given at Annexure-I.
(c) & (d) Flood management comes under the purview of the States; the schemes for flood control and erosion control are formulated and implemented by concerned States as per their priority. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical guidance and promotional financial assistance for management of floods in critical areas. During XI Plan, Government of India had launched Flood Management Programme (FMP) for providing central assistance to States for works related to flood management and erosion control, etc. with an outlay of Rs 8,000 Cr which continued during XII Plan with an outlay of Rs 10,000 Cr. Financial assistance was also provided to the States/UTs for undertaking flood management works project under the scheme “River Management Activities and
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Works related to Border Areas” during XII Plan. The “Flood Management Programme (FMP)” and “River Management Activities & Works related to Border Areas (RMBA)” under operation during XII Five Year Plan were merged as “Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)” for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20 and further extended upto March, 2021.
In Assam, a total 141 projects costing Rs 2383.11 Cr were approved during XI Plan and XII Plan. A Central Assistance of Rs 748.86 Cr was released during XI Plan and Rs. 64.89 Cr during XII Plan. Further, a Central Assistance of Rs 245.49 Cr was released to Assam during year 2017-18, Rs 142.12 Cr in the year 2018-19 and Rs 85.03 Croes in the year 2019-20. Thus, since start of XI Plan, total Central Assistance released to the state of Assam is Rs 1286.39 Cr. Out of these 141 projects, 105 projects have been completed which has given reasonable protection to an area of 6.7 Lakh ha and protected a population of 160.63 lakh.
The state-wise details of central assistance released under Flood Management Programme is given at Annexure-II
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ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1960 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2021 REGARDING “ACTION PLAN TO PREVENT FLOOD”.
Flood Damage data in Assam during 2000-2020
Year Area
affected
m.ha Population
Affected in
million Damage to Crops Damage to Houses Cattle
lost
nos. Human lives
lost
nos. Damage to
public
utilities
in Rs. Crore Total damages
crops, houses &
public utilities in
Rs. Crore
(Col.5+7+10)
Area
m.ha Value
in
Rs. Crore Nos. Value
in
Rs. Crore
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2000 0.966 3.888 0.32 173.51 55014 16.48 19988 36 54.063 244.064
2001 0.203 0.543 0.03 8.358 14680 2.595 15 4 0.196 11.149
2002 1.187 7.551 0.29 145.60 96705 41.18 4294 65 566.243 753.030
2003 0.932 5.652 0.93 147.00 74638 18.69 4319 52 181.402 347.094
2004 2.364 12.63 0.52 37.470 663168 2.190 118772 497 17.685 57.345
2005 0.222 1.025 9.84 23.470 10789 9.344 15 29 0.068 32.882
2006 0.058 0.555 0.01 1.110 7346 1.630 28 7 0.240 2.980
2007 1.504 10.86 0.67 NR 15846 NR NR 134 NR NR
2008 0.416 2.906 0.31 3.290 56550 0.029 8002 40 0.233 3.552
2009 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
2010 0.000 2.546 1.47 36.788 54502 10.99 3754 17 19.783 67.567
2011 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
2012 0.935 2.914 0.32 NR NR NR 6249 144 3200.31 3200.310
2013 0.001 0.006 0.00 NR NR NR NR NR 13.843 13.843
2014 0.002 0.003 0.00 NR NR NR NR NR 2.393 2.393
2015 0.002 0.018 0.02 NR 16 NR NR NR 3.318 3.318
2016 NR 0.003 0.00 NR NR NR NR 36 17.890 17.890
2017 0.280 5.602 0.20 178.69 111070 90.94 2763 160 3895.18 4164.810
2018 0.043 1.322 0.03 23.490 102737 84.01 122 53 2373.48 2480.980
2019 0.233 7.355 0.23 167.47 117831 151.4 281 103 2803.11 3121.980
2020 0.188 5.789 0.18 145.87 8122 93.36 702 150 2201.50 2440.730
NR- Not Reported
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO PART (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1960 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2021 REGARDING “ACTION PLAN TO PREVENT FLOOD”
State-wise funds released under FMP Component up to 2020-21
(Rs. In crores)
Sl. No. State Total funds released under FMP
1 Arunachal Pradesh 190.78
2 Assam 1286.39
3 Bihar 924.41
4 Chhattisgarh 19.32
5 Goa 11.98
6 Gujarat 2.00
7 Haryana 46.91
8 Himachal Pradesh 826.22
9 Jammu & Kashmir 688.00
10 Jharkhand 22.71
11 Karnataka 23.80
12 Kerala 137.95
13 Manipur 90.70
14 Meghalaya 3.81
15 Mizoram 16.89
16 Nagaland 93.96
17 Odisha 116.91
18 Puducherry 7.50
19 Punjab 40.43
20 Sikkim 91.84
21 Tamilnadu 59.82
22 Tripura 23.62
23 Uttar Pradesh 470.18
24 Uttrakhand 243.82
25 West Bengal 1007.81
Total 6447.76
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