FLOOD PRONE LAND AREA IN NER
2611. SHRI BIRENDRA PRASAD BAISHYA:
Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES be pleased to
state:
(a) the area of land in the States of North
Eastern Region bearing impact of flood, State- wise;
(b) the name of the districts in the NER
declared as flood prone, State-wise;
(c) whether Government proposes to include
more districts as flood prone;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the financial assistance and funds
utilized given to the NER States during the last three years and
the current year, Statewise?
ANSWER
THE
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
(SHRI VINCENT H. PALA)
(a) The Rashitrya Barh Ayog (RBA) assessed the flood prone area in the country
in 1980. Subsequently, the Working Group for XI plan on Water Resources considered
the flood prone area based on the information received from the various States.
The State-wise area liable to floods as assessed by RBA and the area considered
as flood prone by XI Plan Working Group is as below:-
(Flood Prone area in lakh hectare)
|
Sl No. |
Name of the States |
Area prone to
floods as assessed by RBA |
Flood prone area as
considered by XI Plan Working Group |
|
1. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Nil |
0.82 |
|
2. |
|
31.50 |
38.20 |
|
3. |
Manipur |
0.80 |
0.80 |
|
4. |
Meghalaya |
0.20 |
0.95 |
|
5. |
Mizoram |
Nil |
0.54 |
|
6. |
Nagaland |
Nil |
0.09 |
|
7. |
Tripura |
3.30 |
3.30 |
|
Total |
35.80 |
44.70 |
|
(b)
As per
assessment made by the Committee headed by Chairman, Ganga Flood Control
Commission (GFCC), 9 districts in Assam viz. Dhubri, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Dhemaji,
Barpeta, Jorhat, Goalpara, Sibsagar and Nalbari are indentified as flood prone
districts in the North East Region(NER).
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: 2 :
(c) No,
Sir.
(d) Does
not arise.
(e)
The financial assistance given to
NER States and the funds utilized by them for flood management projects during
the last three years and current year, State-wise are given below :-
(i)
Funds
released and utilized under Flood Management Programme (FMP)
(Figures
in ` Crore)
|
Sl No. |
Name of the State |
Funds* |
Year 2007-08 |
Year 2008-09 |
Year 2009-10 |
Current Year 2010-11 |
|
1. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
released |
Nil |
18.03 |
14.23 |
Nil |
|
utilized |
Nil |
16.4 |
Nil |
12.93 |
||
|
2. |
|
released |
Nil |
223.83 |
100.86 |
21.60 |
|
utilized |
33.86 |
73.66 |
135.12 |
104.28 |
||
|
3. |
Manipur |
released |
Nil |
18.47 |
7.16 |
Nil |
|
utilized |
Nil |
10.93 |
10.17 |
7.16 |
||
|
4. |
Meghalaya |
released |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
utilized |
Nil |
2.94 |
0.41 |
Nil |
||
|
5. |
Mizoram |
released |
Nil |
11.08 |
Nil |
2.06 |
|
utilized |
2.32 |
1.7 |
5.71 |
3.41 |
||
|
6. |
Nagaland |
released |
Nil |
6.95 |
2.73 |
Nil |
|
utilized |
Nil |
6.42 |
1.29 |
0.77 |
||
|
7. |
|
released |
Nil |
15.76 |
29.96 |
Nil |
|
utilized |
1.71 |
15.64 |
25.10 |
7.56 |
||
|
8. |
Tripura |
released |
Nil |
7.71 |
2.98 |
Nil |
|
utilized |
Nil |
1.84 |
3.24 |
3.19 |
* The funds released as given in the table
above are upto 8.11.2010. The funds
utilized as given above in respect of
(ii)
Funds
released for flood control projects by North East Council(NEC) and utilization
by the States.
(Figures
in ` Crore)
|
Sl No. |
Name of the State |
Funds |
Year 2007-08 |
Year 2008-09 |
Year 2009-10 |
Current Year 2010-11 |
|
1. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
released |
6.929 |
1.50 |
2.70 |
5.086 |
|
utilized |
5.275 |
1.50 |
2.30 |
0.80 |
||
|
2. |
|
released |
1.475 |
2.25 |
Nil |
1.00 |
|
utilized |
1.475 |
1.25 |
Nil |
Nil |
||
|
3. |
Manipur |
released |
Nil |
Nil |
0.554 |
1.18 |
|
utilized |
Nil |
Nil |
0.50 |
0.50 |
||
|
4. |
|
released |
1.10 |
0.70 |
0.65 |
1.20 |
|
utilized |
1.10 |
0.70 |
0.65 |
Nil |
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