C-FLOOD App
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: PIB
Context: Union Jal Shakti Minister inaugurated C-FLOOD, India’s first unified web-based flood inundation forecasting platform.
About C-FLOOD App:
• What is C-FLOOD? C-FLOOD is a web-based, real-time flood forecasting system that provides two-day advance inundation forecasts through flood maps and water level predictions.
• C-FLOOD is a web-based, real-time flood forecasting system that provides two-day advance inundation forecasts through flood maps and water level predictions.
• Developed By:
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune Central Water Commission (CWC) In collaboration with NRSC, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, MeitY, and DST.
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune
• Central Water Commission (CWC)
• In collaboration with NRSC, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, MeitY, and DST.
• Objective: To provide an integrated, high-resolution flood forecasting tool for early warning, disaster risk reduction, and local-level planning.
• Key Features:
• 2-Day Forecasts at Village Level: Delivers localized flood maps and water levels down to the gram panchayat level. Hydrodynamic Modelling: Uses advanced 2-D simulations powered by High Performance Computing (HPC) under NSM. Multi-Basin Coverage: Currently covers Mahanadi, Godavari, and Tapi basins, with more to be added. Real-Time Data Integration: Pulls forecast outputs from national and regional models into a unified decision-support portal. Disaster Portal Integration: Designed for integration with the National Disaster Management Emergency Response Portal (NDEM).
• 2-Day Forecasts at Village Level: Delivers localized flood maps and water levels down to the gram panchayat level.
• Hydrodynamic Modelling: Uses advanced 2-D simulations powered by High Performance Computing (HPC) under NSM.
• Multi-Basin Coverage: Currently covers Mahanadi, Godavari, and Tapi basins, with more to be added.
• Real-Time Data Integration: Pulls forecast outputs from national and regional models into a unified decision-support portal.
• Disaster Portal Integration: Designed for integration with the National Disaster Management Emergency Response Portal (NDEM).
• Significance: Enhances predictive flood risk management and early evacuation planning. Bridges scientific modelling and field-level response, improving India’s disaster resilience. Promotes inter-agency collaboration and real-time validation using satellite and ground data. Sets a benchmark for climate-adaptive water governance in line with Viksit Bharat @2047 goals.
• Enhances predictive flood risk management and early evacuation planning.
• Bridges scientific modelling and field-level response, improving India’s disaster resilience.
• Promotes inter-agency collaboration and real-time validation using satellite and ground data.
• Sets a benchmark for climate-adaptive water governance in line with Viksit Bharat @2047 goals.