New Delhi, Jul 28: A total of 80 districts across India have been "adversely affected" by recent floods, the Government said today.
These districts include 14 in Andhra Pradesh, 10 each in Arunachal Pradesh and Kerala, 15 in Assam, five in Bihar, one each in Goa, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Pudducherry, five in Haryana, and eight each in Mizoram and Punjab, Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
He said while the state governments are "primarily responsible" for undertaking relief measures at the ground level, the Centre supplements the efforts of the states by providing logistic and financial support.
The Minister said flood management is a state subject and the schemes related to it are executed by the state governments.