THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION
(DR SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)
(a) & (b) Floods are a natural calamity that India faces almost every year, in varying degrees of magnitude. The frequent 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. The XII Plan Working Group on “Flood Management and Region Specific Issues” constituted by Planning Commission has compiled the maximum flood affected area in the country as 49.815 million hectare (mha). The average annual flood damages in India during the period from 1953 to 2015 are of the order of Rs. 4267.24 crore as per data base compiled by Central Water Commission. The details are given at Annex-1.
(c) , (d) and (e) The subject of flood management being under the purview of the States, the schemes for flood 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 also promotional financial assistance for management of floods in critical areas.
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The Government of India had launched Flood Management Programme (FMP) for works related to river management, anti-erosion, restoration of damaged flood management works, anti-sea erosion etc. Under this programme, a total of 518 projects were approved in XI and XII Plan and the central assistance of Rs 4773.08 Crore has been released till date out of which, the amount of Rs. 1207.08 Crore was released in XII Plan.
Out 518 projects approved under FMP in XII Plan, 293 projects have been completed till date, which have provided reasonable protection against floods in 19.593 lakh hectare of area and benefited the population of 197.227 lakh in the country. The State- wise details of projects approved, projects completed and funds released in XI and XII Plan under FMP are given at Annex-2
Besides the structural measures mentioned above, the Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Ministry maintains flood forecasting network of 708 stations out of which flood forecasts are presently issued for 184 stations. The flood forecasts issued by CWC are utilized by local administration in deciding plans for shifting of people from flood affected areas to safer locations and by State / Project Authorities in optimum regulation of reservoirs for ensuring safety of people residing in the downstream areas of dams / reservoirs.
In addition, Ministry has approved a plan scheme during XII Plan for Rs.281 crore for flood forecasting, modernisation and expansion of the flood forecasting network for automatic data collection, expeditious transmission and flood forecast dissemination. The scheme has the following broad components:
i) The Flood Forecasting network is proposed to be expanded from existing 184 flood forecasting stations to 275 stations as per details in Annex-3. Simultaneously, the support network of 708 hydrological observation sites would be increased to 1118 out of which 1074 stations, as against the current 507, would be on an automatic satellite based telemetry system. As a result of the telemetry network, live information would be available on the real time basis. It will eliminate the delays in dissemination of flood warnings to the States due to the manual system of dissemination.
ii) All the 12 regional offices of CWC will have the facility of carrying out data modeling for making timely forecasts to forewarn the community and the local authorities with lead time upto 72 hours before occurrence of the event. This is in contrast with the existing forecast lead time of 24 hours.
iii) The enhanced network will ensure coverage of the hitherto uncovered additional regions in sub-basins of Ganga, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi& Godavari, which are amongst highly flood prone areas and experience huge flood damages.
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iv) It is also proposed to provide inundation forecast on pilot basis in 3 mha flood prone area of Kosi, Brahmaputra, Godavari and Sabri sub-basins using high resolution Digital Elevation Models already available with National Remote Sensing Centre.
v) Currently, on an average 6000 flood warnings are issued annually with an accuracy of over 98%. It is expected that with expanded network of flood forecast systems, these would go upto 10,000 annual warnings covering hitherto uncovered areas in the basins mentioned above, with an enhanced lead time of upto 72 hours. This would give community enough time to ensure preventive action to save life and property.
In addition, the Government of India is having continuous dialogue with Government of Nepal for construction of storage projects in Nepal for mitigation of floods in India caused by rivers flowing from Nepal.
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Annex-1
STATEMENT SHOWING DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODS / HEAVY RAINS DURING 1953 TO 2015
SN Year Area Affected ( mha) Population affected
( million) Damage to crops Damage to houses Cattle Lost ( Nos.) Human Live Lost
( Nos) Damage to Public utilities
( Rs. Cr.) Total damages Crops, Houses & Public utilities in Rs.Crore
(col.6+8+11)
Area ( mha) Value ( Rs. Cr.) Nos. Value
( Rs. Cr.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 1953 2.290 24.280 0.930 42.080 264924 7.420 47034 37 2.900 52.400
2 1954 7.490 12.920 2.610 40.520 199984 6.561 22552 279 10.150 57.231
3 1955 9.440 25.270 5.310 77.800 1666789 20.945 72010 865 3.980 102.725
4 1956 9.240 14.570 1.110 44.440 725776 8.047 16108 462 1.140 53.627
5 1957 4.860 6.760 0.450 14.120 318149 4.979 7433 352 4.270 23.369
6 1958 6.260 10.980 1.400 38.280 382251 3.896 18439 389 1.790 43.966
7 1959 5.770 14.520 1.540 56.760 648821 9.418 72691 619 20.020 86.198
8 1960 7.530 8.350 2.270 42.550 609884 14.309 13908 510 6.310 63.169
9 1961 6.560 9.260 1.970 24.040 533465 0.889 15916 1374 6.440 31.369
10 1962 6.120 15.460 3.390 83.180 513785 10.655 37633 348 1.050 94.885
11 1963 3.490 10.930 2.050 30.170 420554 3.701 4572 432 2.740 36.611
12 1964 4.900 13.780 2.490 56.870 255558 4.588 4956 690 5.149 66.607
13 1965 1.460 3.610 0.270 5.870 112957 0.195 7286 79 1.070 7.135
14 1966 4.740 14.400 2.160 80.150 217269 2.544 9071 180 5.736 88.430
15 1967 7.120 20.460 3.270 133.310 567995 14.264 5827 355 7.857 155.431
16 1968 7.150 21.170 2.620 144.610 682704 41.112 130305 3497 25.373 211.095
17 1969 6.200 33.220 2.910 281.900 1268660 54.423 270328 1408 68.112 404.435
18 1970 8.460 31.830 4.910 162.780 1434030 48.606 19198 1076 76.441 287.827
19 1971 13.250 59.740 6.240 423.130 2428031 80.241 12866 994 129.113 632.484
20 1972 4.100 26.690 2.450 98.560 897301 12.460 58231 544 47.174 158.194
21 1973 11.790 64.080 3.730 428.030 869797 52.482 261016 1349 88.489 569.001
22 1974 6.700 29.450 3.330 411.640 746709 72.434 16846 387 84.942 569.016
23 1975 6.170 31.360 3.850 271.490 803705 34.097 17345 686 166.050 471.637
24 1976 11.910 50.460 6.040 595.030 1745501 92.160 80062 1373 201.495 888.685
25 1977 11.460 49.430 6.840 720.610 1661625 152.290 556326 11316 328.948 1201.848
26 1978 17.500 70.450 9.960 911.090 3507542 167.574 239174 3396 376.100 1454.764
27 1979 3.990 19.520 2.170 169.970 1328712 210.606 618248 3637 233.627 614.203
28 1980 11.460 54.120 5.550 366.370 2533142 170.851 59173 1913 303.283 840.504
29 1981 6.120 32.490 3.270 524.560 912557 159.630 82248 1376 512.314 1196.504
30 1982 8.870 56.010 5.000 589.400 2397365 383.869 246750 1573 671.607 1644.876
31 1983 9.020 61.030 3.290 1285.850 2393722 332.327 153095 2378 873.429 2491.606
32 1984 10.710 54.550 5.190 906.090 1763603 181.308 141314 1661 818.164 1905.562
33 1985 8.380 59.590 4.650 1425.370 2449878 583.855 43008 1804 2050.043 4059.268
34 1986 8.810 55.500 4.580 1231.580 2049277 534.410 60450 1200 1982.535 3748.525
35 1987 8.890 48.340 4.940 1154.640 2919380 464.490 128638 1835 950.590 2569.720
36 1988 16.290 59.550 10.150 2510.900 2276533 741.600 150996 4252 1377.800 4630.300
37 1989 8.060 34.150 3.010 956.740 782340 149.820 75176 1718 1298.770 2405.330
38 1990 9.303 40.259 3.179 695.610 1019930 213.733 134154 1855 455.266 1708.920
39 1991 6.357 33.889 2.698 579.015 1134410 180.421 41090 1187 728.893 1488.329
40 1992 2.645 19.256 1.748 1027.578 687489 306.284 78669 1533 2010.670 3344.532
41 1993 11.439 30.409 3.206 1308.627 1926049 528.324 211193 2864 1445.534 3282.485
42 1994 4.805 27.548 3.963 888.622 914664 165.206 52315 2078 740.762 1794.590
43 1995 5.245 35.932 3.245 1714.787 2001898 1307.894 62438 1814 679.627 3702.308
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SN Year Area Affected ( mha) Population affected
( million) Damage to crops Damage to houses Cattle Lost ( Nos.) Human Live Lost
( Nos) Damage to Public utilities
( Rs. Cr.) Total damages Crops, Houses & Public utilities in Rs.Crore
(col.6+8+11)
Area ( mha) Value ( Rs. Cr.) Nos. Value
( Rs. Cr.)
44 1996 8.049 44.729 3.827 1124.491 726799 176.589 73208 1803 861.393 3005.743
45 1997 4.569 29.663 2.258 692.743 505128 152.504 27754 1402 1985.934 2831.181
46 1998 10.845 47.435 7.495 2594.167 1932874 1108.783 107098 2889 5157.771 8860.721
47 1999 7.765 27.993 1.753 1850.873 1613260 1299.057 91289 745 462.830 3612.760
48 2000 5.382 45.013 3.580 4246.622 2628855 680.943 123252 2606 3936.979 8864.544
49 2001 6.175 26.463 3.964 688.481 716187 816.474 32704 1444 5604.461 7109.416
50 2002 7.090 26.323 2.194 913.092 762492 599.368 21533 1001 1062.083 2574.543
51 2003 6.120 43.201 4.268 7307.230 775379 756.481 15161 2166 3262.154 11325.866
52 2004 5.314 43.725 2.888 778.694 1664388 879.601 134106 1813 1656.090 3314.385
53 2005 12.562 22.925 12.299 2370.923 715749 380.531 119674 1455 4688.219 7439.672
54 2006 1.096 25.224 1.822 2850.668 1497428 3636.848 266945 1431 13303.926 19790.922
55 2007 7.145 41.402 8.795 3121.532 3280233 2113.108 89337 3389 8049.037 13283.677
56 2008 3.427 29.910 3.186 3401.563 1566809 1141.891 101780 2876 5046.481 9589.935
57 2009 3.844 29.537 3.592 4232.609 1235628 10809.795 63383 1513 17509.353 32551.758
58 2010 2.624 18.297 4.994 5887.380 293830 875.952 39706 1582 12757.253 19520.586
59 2011 1.895 15.973 2.718 1393.847 1152518 410.475 35982 1761 6053.570 7857.892
60 2012 2.141 14.689 1.950 1534.108 174526 240.572 31558 933 9169.968 10944.648
61 2013* 3.640 21.147 3.635 3214.987 662495 526.125 156855 2137 3938.119 11094.961
62 2014* 10.238 9.248 5.094 1439.151 169410 459.216 16562 1402 4740.341 6638.274
63 2015* 0.020 22.680 2.258 12382.361 865792 7974.296 25689 944 8718.057 29384.773
TOTAL 442.293 1981.151 236.510 84580.241 75914495 42573.528 5929664 102967 136769.771 268835.957
AVG 7.021 31.447 3.754 1342.544 1204992 675.770 94122 1634 2170.949 4267.237
MAX 17.500 70.450 12.299 12382.361 3507542 10809.795 618248 11316 17509.353 32551.758
(YEAR) 1978 1978 2005 2003 1978 2009 1979 1977 2009 2009
Annex-1(Contd..)
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Annex-2
State-Wise Works Approved, Works Completed and Funds Released under
Flood Management Programme ( FMP ) during XI and XII Plan
Rs. in crore
Sl. No. State XI Plan XII Plan Total (XI + XII Plan) Status
Works Approved Funds Released
( XI Plan) Works Approved Funds
Released
( XII Plan) Works Approved Number of Works
Completed
Total Funds Released
( XI + XII Plan)
Nos. Estimated Cost Nos. Estimated Cost Nos. Estimated Cost
1 Arunachal Pradesh 21 224.69 81.69 0 0.00 64.22 21 224.69 11 145.91
2 Assam 100 996.14 748.86 41 1386.97 64.89 141 2383.11 94 813.75
3 Bihar 43 1370.42 723.18 4 447.63 184.64 47 1818.05 41 907.82
4 Chhattisgarh 3 31.13 15.57 0 0.00 3.75 3 31.13 0 19.32
5 Goa 2 22.73 9.98 0 0.00 2.00 2 22.73 2 11.98
6 Gujarat 2 19.79 2.00 0 0.00 0.00 2 19.79 1 2.00
7 Haryana 1 173.75 46.91 0 0.00 0.00 1 173.75 0 46.91
8 Himachal Pradesh 3 225.32 165.98 4 1139.62 221.87 7 1364.94 1 387.85
9 Jammu & Kashmir 28 408.22 252.57 15 562.47 129.39 43 970.69 8 381.96
10 Jharkhand 3 39.30 18.44 0 0.00 4.27 3 39.30 2 22.71
11 Karnataka 3 59.46 23.80 0 0.00 0.00 3 59.46 0 23.80
12 Kerala 4 279.74 63.68 0 0.00 55.22 4 279.74 0 118.90
13 Manipur 22 109.34 66.34 0 0.00 24.36 22 109.34 19 90.70
14 Meghalaya 0 0.00 3.81 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 3.81
15 Mizoram 2 9.13 14.48 0 0.00 1.93 2 9.13 0 16.41
16 Nagaland 11 49.35 28.96 6 74.52 31.04 17 123.87 9 60.00
17 Orissa 67 169.00 101.12 1 62.32 0.00 68 231.32 60 101.12
18 Puducherry 1 139.67 7.50 0 0.00 0.00 1 139.67 0 7.50
19 Punjab 5 153.40 40.43 0 0.00 0.00 5 153.40 0 40.43
20 Sikkim 28 104.92 83.69 17 261.40 8.15 45 366.32 21 91.84
21 Tamilnadu 5 635.54 59.82 0 0.00 0.00 5 635.54 0 59.82
22 Tripura 11 26.57 23.62 0 0.00 0.00 11 26.57 8 23.62
23 Uttar Pradesh 26 667.57 290.69 3 291.70 111.22 29 959.27 6 401.91
24 Uttrankhand 12 119.82 49.63 10 715.72 153.98 22 835.54 8 203.61
25 West Bengal 17 1822.08 643.26 1 438.94 146.14 18 2261.02 6 789.40
Total 420 7857.08 3566.00 102 5381.28 1207.08 522 13238.36 297 4773.08
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Annex-3
State-wise Details of Flood Forecasting Network
Sl. No. State Existing Flood Forecasting Stations Additional Flood Forecasting Stations proposed to be installed Total flood Forecasting Network after expansion
1 Andhra Pradesh 8 9 17
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 2 3
3 Assam 25 4 29
4 Bihar 32 2 34
5 Chhattisgarh 1 0 1
6 Gujarat 11 1 12
7 Haryana 1 1 2
8 Himachal Pradesh. 0 1 1
9 Jammu & Kashmir 1 4 5
10 Jharkhand 5 15 20
11 Karnataka 8 0 8
12 Kerala 0 2 2
13 Madhya Pradesh 3 1 4
14 Maharashtra 9 1 10
15 Manipur 0 0 0
16 Odisha 12 2 14
17 Rajasthan 0 12 12
18 Sikkim 0 8 8
19 Tamil Nadu 2 12 14
20 Telangana 8 5 13
21 Tripura 2 0 2
22 Uttar Pradesh 35 5 40
23 Uttarakhand 3 4 7
24 West Bengal 14 0 14
25 NCT Delhi 2 0 2
26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 0 1
Total 184 91 275
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