Parliament Question: Flood Management Programme and Flood Forecasting Initiatives

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. *** 1ANNEXURE 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 Benefitted area population (Hectare) 1 Channelisation of Bata River from RD Sirmour Bata 1537.81 17000 10230 to RD 19700 meter in Tehsil Poanta 2 Swan River Flood Management & Una Swan 5000 9000 Integrated Land Development Project (Phase-II) 3 Flood protection works to Soan Khad Mandi Beas 56.00 1030 from Sayathi Awal to KaiswaiDharampur in Tehsil Sarkaghat 4 Providing Stabilization of Seer Khad & Bilaspur Seer 120.00 5370 Flood control works from Jahoo to Bum khand in Tehsil Ghumarwin 5 Channelisation of tributaries of Bata Sirmour Bata 584.60 7460 River Phase-I (Sunker) in Tehsil-Paonta Sahib 6 Swan river flood management project Una Swan 7163.49 235834 from Daulatpur to Gargel Bridge in main Swan River & all tributaries joining main Swan River from Daulatpur to Santokhgarj Bridge ***** 2