India, June 18 -- LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday submitted a series of proposals to the 16th Finance Commission to fortify its disaster response and mitigation mechanisms. It strongly advocated inclusion of state-notified disasters-such as heatwaves, lightning strikes, unseasonal rains, storms, snakebites and drownings - in the national list of recognised disasters.

This push stems from the reality that these incidents disproportionately impact Uttar Pradesh, stated a release from the state government media cell.

Notably, as many 4,534 deaths were reported due to state-notified disasters, compared to 176 from nationally recognized ones, in the financial year 2024-25.

Key among these proposals is the request to revise...