C-FLOOD Platform

C‑FLOOD Platform is a unified inundation‑forecasting system that integrates data on rainfall, runoff, tides, and sea levels to deliver real‑time flood predictions and alerts. Read more about C-FLOOD Platform, Features, Ministry, Latest News

C-FLOOD Platform

C-FLOOD Platform Latest News

Recently, the Union Minister of Jal Shakti inaugurated the C-FLOOD platform.

About C-FLOOD Platform

  • It is a Unified Inundation Forecasting System.
  • It is collaboratively developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune and Central Water Commission (CWC), Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti.
  • This initiative, executed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) jointly steered by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), marks a transformative step towards strengthening India’s flood management and disaster response framework.

Features of C-FLOOD

  • It is a web-based platform that provides two-days advance inundation forecasts up to village level in the form of flood inundation maps and water level predictions.
  • The platform will act as a unified system integrating flood modelling outputs from national and regional agencies, offering a comprehensive decision-support tool for disaster management authorities.
  • At present, the system covers the Mahanadi, Godavari, and Tapi river basins, with more river basins to be incorporated in the future.
  • The C-FLOOD platform uses advanced 2-D hydrodynamic modelling to simulate flood scenarios.
  • The simulations for Mahanadi Basin are run on High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure under NSM at C-DAC Pune, with integration of outputs for Godavari and Tapi Basins, which have been developed by National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under the National Hydrology Project (NHP).

Source: PIB

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