Executive Summary:
This document presents the Indian government's response to questions regarding the modernisation of urban drainage systems, including coverage, conditions, flood incidents, and investments. It clarifies the roles of state governments and urban local bodies (ULBs) in urban planning and flood management. The document also details funds allocated and utilized under AMRUT, SBMU 2.0 and SCM, along with relevant advisory guidelines.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Urban Planning and Drainage Responsibility:**
* Urban planning, including drainage and sewerage, falls under the purview of State Governments, ULBs, and Urban Development Authorities.
* The central government supplements state efforts through schematic interventions and advisories, providing financial and technical support.
* State-wise city-wise data of drainage systems is not centrally maintained.
* **Urban Flooding Management:**
* Managing urban flooding is the responsibility of State Governments, ULBs, and Urban Development Authorities.
* Urban floods are attributed to high-intensity rainfall, unplanned growth, encroachment of water bodies, and inadequate drainage systems.
* The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs does not maintain central data on urban flood incidents.
* **Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT):**
* Stormwater drainage projects are an admissible component under AMRUT.
* 838 stormwater drainage projects worth ₹3016.82 crore were approved, with 809 projects worth ₹2,401.38 crore completed, eliminating 3,759 waterlogging points.
* Under AMRUT 2.0, ₹6,210.66 crore have been approved for 3,032 water body rejuvenation projects.
* **Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBMU) 2.0:**
* SBMU 2.0 includes Used Water Management (UWM) for ULBs with a population less than 1 lakh.
* Central funds are released for setting up Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs), interception and diversion structures, and procuring septic tank desludging equipment.
* **Smart Cities Mission (SCM):**
* SCM follows an area-based development approach in 100 cities.
* 1,545 WASH projects worth ₹49,621 crore have been taken up in convergence with other missions, with 1,465 projects worth ₹47,396 crore completed.
* As of 11.07.2025, 7,636 out of 8,063 projects (95%) amounting to ₹1,53,977 crore have been completed, with ₹10,718 crore are ongoing.
* With the closure of SCM on March 31, 2025, there is no budgetary allocation for this financial year.
* **Advisory Guidelines:**
* MoHUA has published guidelines for improving urban drainage and flood management, including:
* URDPFI Guidelines, 2014
* SOP for Urban Flooding
* River Centric Urban Planning Guidelines in 2021
* Guidance Document on Creation of Rain Water Harvesting Parks
Impact Analysis:
* **State Governments, ULBs, and Urban Development Authorities:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for urban planning, drainage systems, and flood management within their jurisdictions.
* *Action Required:* Maintain and improve drainage and sewerage systems, manage urban flooding, and implement relevant guidelines.
* **Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA):**
* *Impact:* Provides financial and technical support to states, issues advisories, and monitors the implementation of central schemes.
* *Action Required:* Continue to support states through AMRUT 2.0, SBMU 2.0, and by providing relevant guidelines for urban drainage and flood management.
* **Citizens:**
* *Impact:* Affected by the effectiveness of urban drainage systems and flood management.
* *Action Required:* Engage with local authorities on urban planning and drainage issues and adopt responsible practices to prevent waterlogging and flooding.
Key Entities Referenced
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation AMRUT: A Government of India initiative focused on improving urban infrastructure, including drainage systems.
Smart Cities Mission SCM: An initiative focused on urban development and modernization in 100 selected cities in India.
Swachh Bharat MissionUrban SBMU: A national campaign for cleanliness and sanitation, including components for urban areas and waste management.
Urban Local Bodies ULBs: Local governing bodies responsible for urban planning, drainage, and sewerage systems within their jurisdictions, as per the Constitution of India.
Constitution of India: The supreme law of India, which assigns urban planning to the purview of the State Governments and Urban Local Bodies.
Andhra Pradesh: A state in India where storm water drainage and waterbody rejuvenation projects are being undertaken under AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0 respectively.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in India where storm water drainage and waterbody rejuvenation projects are being undertaken under AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0 respectively.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs: The Indian government ministry responsible for policies and programs related to housing and urban development.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 811
TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 24, 2025
MODERNISATION OF URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
NO. 811. SHRI TANGELLA UDAY SRINIVAS:
Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to
state:
(a) the percentage of urban areas in the country covered by proper
drainage systems along with the number of cities and towns still
dependent on open drains, State-wise;
(b) the total length, capacity and condition of existing stormwater and
sewage drainage networks in major cities with details of
uncovered, under-served or flood-prone areas;
(c) the number of urban floods and waterlogging incidents reported
during the last five years, city-wise along with the estimated social
and economic impact of such incidents;
(d) the details of the funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised for urban
drainage infrastructure under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart Cities Mission (SCM) and
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) during each of the last five
years, State-wise; and
(e) whether the Government proposes to introduce new guidelines,
investments or technologies for modernising urban drainage
systems to enhance flood resilience and climate adaptation and if
so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)
(a) & (b): As per 12th Schedule of the Constitution of India, urban planning
falls under the purview of the State Governments and the Urban Local
Bodies (ULBs)/ Urban Development Authorities at city level, who are
responsible for maintaining the drainage and sewerage system.
Government of India supplements the efforts of the States through
schematic interventions/ advisories. It provides financial and technical
support to the States to strengthen Urban Planning ecosystem. State-
wise/ city-wise data of drainage system in the country is not centrally
maintained.
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(c) to (e) Management of urban flooding falls under the purview of the
State Governments and the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/ Urban
Development Authorities, who are responsible for maintaining the
drainage and sewerage system. Usually, increased incidence of high
intensity rainfall in short duration is mainly responsible for urban floods,
which is further compounded by unplanned growth, encroachment of
natural water bodies, inadequate sewer systems, inadequate rainwater
drainage systems, encroachments, etc. Government of India
supplements the efforts of the States through schematic interventions/
advisories. It provides financial and technical support to the States to
strengthen Urban Planning ecosystem. Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs does not centrally maintain the details of the incidents of urban
floods and water logging incidents in cities.
Under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(AMRUT), storm water drainage was an admissible component which
involved construction and improvement of drains/ storm water drains in
order to reduce and eliminate flooding. Under AMRUT, 838 Storm Water
Drainage projects worth ₹3016.82 crore have been approved. As reported
by the States, 809 Storm Water Drainage projects worth ₹2,401.38 crore
have been completed, which has resulted in elimination of 3,759 water
logging points. State-wise details are given in Annexure-I.
Under AMRUT 2.0, rejuvenation of water bodies and wells is one of
the main components. The admissible elements under this include
harvesting the rainwater through storm water drains into water body
(which is not receiving sewage/ effluent). Under AMRUT 2.0, 3,032 water
body rejuvenation projects worth ₹6,210.66 crore have been
approved so far. State-wise details are given in Annexure-II.
Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM-U) 2.0 has been launched on October
1, 2021. SBM-U 2.0 also includes a new component i.e. Used Water
management (UWM) under which Central share funds for Urban Local
Bodies (ULBs) with population less than 1 lakh are released for taking up
the activities for setting up of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs)/ STP-cum-
FSTP; laying Interception and Diversion (I&D) structures including
provision of pumping stations and pumping main/gravity main upto STP
and; procuring adequate numbers of septic tank desludging equipments.
State-wise details of funds allocated under UWM component of SBM-U 2.0
and year-wise released is at Annexure-III.
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SCM followed an area-based development approach through
retrofitting, redevelopment and greenfield development in 100 cities. The
cities under SCM are being developed based on Smart City Proposals
(SCPs) across various sectors viz. smart mobility, Water, Sanitation,
Hygiene (WASH), smart governance, smart energy, environment etc.,
approved by High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC), received from
States/UTs. For Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), 1545 projects worth
₹49,621 crore have been taken up by Smart Cities in convergence with
other Mission/ Schemes, of which 1465 projects worth ₹ 47,396 crore have
been completed. As on 11.07.2025, out of a total 8063 projects amounting
to ₹ 1,64,695 crore undertaken in the 100 cities selected under SCM,
7,636 projects (95% of total projects) amounting to ₹1,53,977 crore have
been completed and the remaining 427 projects amounting to ₹10,718
crore are ongoing. With the closure of SCM on March 31, 2025, there is no
Budgetary allocation under SCM for this financial year.
MoHUA has published the following documents/advisory guidelines
for improving urban drainage and flood management, viz.:
i. Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and
Implementation (URDPFI) Guidelines, 2014:
https://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/URDPFI%20Guidelines%20V
ol%20I(2).pdf
ii. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Urban Flooding
https://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/SOP%20Urban%20flooding_5
%20May%202017.pdf
iii. River Centric Urban Planning Guidelines in 2021 to enable cities in the
development of conjunctive water management approaches including
nature-based solution
https://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/RCUP%20Guidelines.pdf
iv. Guidance Document on Creation of Rain Water Harvesting Parks
https://mohua.gov.in/pdf/6566e1048ab41guidance-document-on-
rainwater-harvesting-parks-final.pdf
*****ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 811 REGARDING “MODERNISATION OF URBAN DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS”, DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2025:
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF STORM WATER DRAINAGE PROJECTS UNDER
AMRUT
SI State/UT’s Total projects taken Work Completed
No. up
No of Cost (In ₹ No of Cost (In No of water
Projects Cr.) Projects ₹ Cr.) logging points
eliminated
Andaman & 8 4.02 8 4.02 11
Nicobar
1 Islands
Andhra 14 342.72 4 100.81 6
2 Pradesh
Arunachal 3 40.37 3 40.37 10
3 Pradesh
4 Bihar 3 237.99 2 79.21 13
5 Delhi 3 5.38 3 5.38 17
6 Gujarat 36 224.49 35 219.91 242
7 Haryana 19 452.37 18 323.26 241
Himachal 10 31.91 10 31.91 244
8 Pradesh
Jammu and 36 184.73 36 184.73 179
9 Kashmir
10 Karnataka 83 238.06 83 238.06 128
11 Kerala 535 363.4 524 339.42 1371
Madhya 23 248.32 23 248.32 223
12 Pradesh
13 Maharashtra 1 94.06 1 94.06 20
14 Mizoram 3 57.2 3 57.2 0
15 Nagaland 8 79.75 3 22.67 0
16 Rajasthan 6 63.07 6 63.07 30
17 Sikkim 25 14.91 25 14.91 853
18 Uttarakhand 15 32.57 15 32.57 103
19 West Bengal 7 301.5 7 301.5 68
Total 838 3016.82 809 2401.38 3759ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 811 REGARDING “MODERNISATION OF URBAN DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS”, DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2025:
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF WATERBODY REJUVENATION PROJECTS UNDER
AMRUT 2.0
T0tal Project
SI NO State/UT’s No Cost (in Cr.)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 196 522.04
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 4 12.32
3 ASSAM 31 18.48
4 BIHAR 7 11.6383
5 CHHATTISGARH 17 119.06
6 DELHI 45 157.303
7 GOA 2 11.96
8 GUJARAT 188 650.566
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 19 8.39472
10 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 50 19.2924
11 JHARKHAND 70 106.283
12 KARNATAKA 203 542.267
13 KERALA 371 146.6429
14 LADAKH 1 3
15 MADHYA PRADESH 430 511.7537
16 MAHARASHTRA 96 1535.869
17 MANIPUR 21 4.27643
18 MIZORAM 73 12
19 NAGALAND 1 0.76
20 ODISHA 137 184.313
21 PUDUCHERRY 9 9.1685
22 PUNJAB 24 63.2699
23 RAJASTHAN 98 356.3304
24 SIKKIM 1 1.25
25 TAMIL NADU 474 229.1884
26 TELANGANA 142 380.1057
27 TRIPURA 9 22.464
28 UTTAR PRADESH 194 385.6363
29 UTTARAKHAND 2 0.9668
30 WEST BENGAL 117 184.059
Total 3032 6210.658ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) to (e) OF UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO. 811 REGARDING “MODERNISATION OF URBAN DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS”, DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2025:
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER UWM COMPONENT OF
SBM-U 2.0 AND YEAR-WISE RELEASED
Central Central Central Central
Mission
Sl. Allocation Allocation Allocation Allocation
State/UT Allocation
No. 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
(In ₹ Cr)
(In ₹ Cr) (In ₹ Cr) (In ₹ Cr) (In ₹ Cr)
1 A&N Islands 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 Andhra Pradesh 694.10 2.20 150.00 0.00 3.75
3 Arunachal Pradesh 79.30 0.56 0.00 19.27 0.00
4 Assam 315.70 1.92 41.00 0.00 1.28
5 Bihar 666.50 2.86 0.00 0.00 163.77
6 Chandigarh 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 Chhattisgarh 414.60 3.38 162.46 0.00 0.57
Dadra & Nagar
8 Haveli 23.10 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
and Daman & Diu
9 Delhi 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 Goa 56.90 0.28 2.87 0.00 0.00
11 Gujarat 806.90 3.30 0.00 10.15 68.92
12 Haryana 284.40 1.86 0.00 0.00 0.50
13 Himachal Pradesh 101.00 1.22 0.00 24.01 0.00
14 Jammu & Kashmir 226.40 3.20 0.00 53.40 0.00
15 Jharkhand 236.80 0.84 0.00 46.49 0.00
16 Karnataka 1128.60 5.74 0.00 232.41 0.00
17 Kerala 521.70 1.88 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 Ladakh 34.10 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 Madhya Pradesh 1229.50 8.24 0.00 54.85 237.78
20 Maharashtra 1484.80 8.04 19.56 282.02 0.00
21 Manipur 58.70 0.54 4.85 0.00 9.28
22 Meghalaya 40.80 0.20 0.00 10.00 0.00
23 Mizoram 48.10 0.46 0.00 11.57 0.00
24 Nagaland 103.27 0.78 0.00 25.04 0.00
25 Odisha 491.00 2.28 0.00 120.47 1.63
25 Puducherry 26.08 0.20 7.96 0.00 0.00
27 Punjab 589.00 3.32 87.42 0.00 0.63
28 Rajasthan 916.10 3.96 35.90 100.10 2.89
29 Sikkim 9.80 0.14 0.00 2.31 0.00
30 Tamil Nadu 1999.70 13.32 326.75 0.00 160.50
31 Telangana 463.10 2.82 182.42 0.00 0.00
32 Tripura 48.40 0.40 0.00 7.78 0.00
33 Uttar Pradesh 2117.20 14.48 0.00 256.31 0.00
34 Uttarakhand 203.00 2.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 West Bengal 507.90 2.56 0.00 0.00 121.61