Urban Flood Risk Management Programme Latest News
Recently, a high-level committee headed by the Union Home Minister approved the Urban Flood Risk Management Programme (UFRMP) Phase-2.
About Urban Flood Risk Management Programme
- The programme will complement the states in mitigating the risk of urban flooding in the cities through uniform structural and non-structural intervention measures.
- Cities Involved (11 cities) — Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kanpur, Patna, Raipur, Trivandrum, Vishakhapatnam, Indore and Lucknow
- Selection Criteria: The 11 cities were selected on the basis of their status of being the most populous cities/state capitals, primarily prone to floods, as well as consideration of other physical, environmental, socio-economic and hydro-meteorological factors
- Funding: The funding pattern will be on a cost-sharing basis between the Centre and the states according to the NDMF guidelines, i.e., 90 per cent from the Centre and 10 per cent from the states.
- Activities under Urban Flood Risk Management Programme
- Structural measures of Interlinking of water bodies to Stormwater Management, Construction of flood protection wall, Erosion Control and Soil Stabilisation using Nature-Based Solutions (NBS),etc.
- Non-structural measures such as Flood Early Warning System and Data Acquisition System and capacity building, etc.
Source: ET
Last updated on January, 2026
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