New 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 | |
