Ministry of Home Affairs

Flood Ops of NDRF during South-West Monsoon Season-2019

प्रविष्टि तिथि: 19 NOV 2019 3:58PM by PIB Delhi

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to a question regarding unprecedented flood situation in many states, in Lok Sabha today, said that the during the months of August, extreme floods were experienced in 25 Hydrological Observation (HO) stations maintained by Central Water Commission.  Out of which 2 were Flood Forecasting Stations and 23 were flood monitoring HO Stations in the States of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

           

The Minister states that extreme floods were witnessed in the States of Assam, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu during August, September and October, 2019. As per the existing mechanism, financial assistance provided under State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) and National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) in the wake of natural disasters is by way of immediate relief and not for the compensation of loss as suffered/claimed.

 

Statement showing State-wise financial assistance provided by Central Government under SDRF and NDRF during the years 2019-20:

                                                                                                                     (Rs. in crore)

Sl.

No.

State

Allocation of funds under SDRF

for 2019-20 

Centre's share of SDRF released during 2019-20

Released from NDRF during

2019-20

1

Andhra Pradesh

534.00

200.25

570.91

2

Arunachal Pradesh

63.00

28.35

 

3

Assam

559.00

251.55

--

4

Bihar

570.00

1031.12#

--

5

Chhattisgarh

292.00

67.80

--

6

Goa

4.00

0.00

--

7

Gujarat

856.00

565.80#

--

8

Haryana

374.00

86.85

--

9

Himachal Pradesh

287.00

197.23

234.09

10

J & K *

310.00

405.00#

--

11

Jharkhand

442.00

165.75

--

12

Karnataka

336.00

507.00

2441.26

13

Kerala

225.00

52.275

--

14

Madhya Pradesh

1066.00

647.10

--

15

Maharashtra

1803.00

1276.125

2474.29

16

Manipur

23.00

9.90

--

17

Meghalaya

29.00

12.60#

--

18

Mizoram

20.00

0.00

--

19

Nagaland

12.00

10.80

--

20

Odisha

909.00

552.00

3114.46

21

Punjab

474.00

313.05#

 

22

Rajasthan

1340.00

502.50

1164.99

23

Sikkim

38.00

17.10

--

24

Tamil Nadu

825.00

309.375

--

25

Telangana

333.00

237.75#

--

26

Tripura

38.00

17.10

--

27

Uttar Pradesh

820.00

541.80

--

28

Uttarakhand

255.00

114.75

--

29

West Bengal

628.00

414.90#

--

Total

13465.00

8535.825

10000.00

 

#    Including arrears of SDRF for the previous year.

*    Now Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.

 

Giving details of rescue operations, Shri Rai stated that Central Government deployed requisite number of teams of National Disaster Response Force as per request of flood affected State Governments for rescue and relief. Further, keeping in view the vulnerability profile of India and in order to reduce response time in the wake of any disaster/ emergency, the Government has approved raising of four additional battalions of National Disaster Response Force.

 

State wise summary of Flood Ops of NDRF during south-west monsoon season-2019 (w.e.f. 1st May to 31st October 2019):

 

SL. NO.

State

No. of Teams deployed

ACHIEVEMENTS

Persons Rescued/ Evacuated

Live-stock Rescued

Medical assistance Provided

1

Andhra Pradesh

12

2560

76

0

2

Arunachal Pradesh

1

0

0

0

3

Assam

28

9867

47

6062

4

Bihar

62

17707

46

9995

5

Dadar & Nagar Haveli

1

0

0

0

6

Delhi

4

22

27

0

7

Gujarat

48

4895

62

2853

8

Haryana

2

14

0

0

9

Himachal Pradesh

3

8

0

0

10

Jharkhand

2

433

44

84

11

Karnataka

28

9749

82

0

12

Kerala

23

3305

2

0

13

Madhya Pradesh

12

924

22

0

14

Maharashtra

70

38260

40

1596

15

Manipur

1

0

0

0

16

Meghalaya

1

40

0

0

17

Nagaland

2

0

0

0

18

Odisha

3

0

0

0

19

Puducherry

1

0

0

0

20

Punjab

16

5330

96

114

21

Rajasthan

14

1182

21

2613

22

Sikkim

2

0

0

0

23

Tamil Nadu

3

0

0

0

24

Telangana

6

101

3

0

25

Tripura

5

1185

25

0

26

Uttar Pradesh

26

2974

21

552

27

Uttarakhand

5

335

3

0

28

West Bengal

8

71

0

0

Grand Total

339

98962

617

23869

 

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