The reservoir water level, live storage position, water quality, groundwater and
meteorological data for all regions are unclassified. Similarly, all metadata (information about data, sites, OWs, etc.) for all CWC HQ sites and CGWB OWs
including yearly average data and historical important data (such as highest flood
level, yearly flood peak, etc.) are also unclassified for all regions.
3.1.3 Flood Preparedness and Flood Forecasting Network
The flood season for Brahmaputra, Barak, Teesta, Jhelum and their tributaries starts
on 1 May 2020, and for rest of the basins, it starts on 1 June. Flood preparedness
meeting with Headquarter through Video Conferencing for B&BBO (whole basin
jurisdiction), T&BDBO (for SID Gangtok and LBD, Jalpaiguri), IBO (for Jammu
Division) has already been held on 22 April 2020, and for other organization, it will
be held in the month of May. All the flood preparedness works for starting the
Central Flood Control Room (CFCR) of DoWR, RD&GR and the Divisional Flood
Control Rooms (DFCR) have been completed.
Water Management Information System (WIMS) software for Flood Data Entry
has been readied, water level of FF stations, base stations, reservoirs will be fed by
all the DFCR, and Daily Flood Bulletins will be shared with all stakeholders from
1st May onwards. The new Website which is being developed under WIMS is
progressing. However, if the development is not fully done by 1st May, the old
Website will be made operational till the new Website is fully operational satisfactorily. All social media platforms for flood related information viz. Facebook
page (@CWCOfficial.FF), Twitter handle (@CWCOfficial_FF) are in all readiness.
At regional level, organizations have been informed for use of WhatsApp Group for
sharing the information between project authorities and State Government.
All the three-day advisories models have started functioning, and the Website is
made operational for use by all stakeholders. Regional models are also being
developed for use in respective organisations so that the regional models can be run
from the divisions itself and forecasts are issued based on the consensus between
statistical model and mathematical models.
M/s Google has targeted to increase the number of inundation alert areas to at
least 3 times of the present area and cover at least 20 more FF stations during the
year in various basins.
Work of issuing CAP alert being developed by NDMA in collaboration with
Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) will be done on experimental basis
in the State of Tamil Nadu during this year for which necessary training has been
imparted to incumbents in CFCR.
Details of state-wise/basin-wise/organisation-wise flood forecasting stations and
telemetry stations is given in Tables 1 and 2.
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meteorological data for all regions are unclassified. Similarly, all metadata (information about data, sites, OWs, etc.) for all CWC HQ sites and CGWB OWs
including yearly average data and historical important data (such as highest flood
level, yearly flood peak, etc.) are also unclassified for all regions.
3.1.3 Flood Preparedness and Flood Forecasting Network
The flood season for Brahmaputra, Barak, Teesta, Jhelum and their tributaries starts
on 1 May 2020, and for rest of the basins, it starts on 1 June. Flood preparedness
meeting with Headquarter through Video Conferencing for B&BBO (whole basin
jurisdiction), T&BDBO (for SID Gangtok and LBD, Jalpaiguri), IBO (for Jammu
Division) has already been held on 22 April 2020, and for other organization, it will
be held in the month of May. All the flood preparedness works for starting the
Central Flood Control Room (CFCR) of DoWR, RD&GR and the Divisional Flood
Control Rooms (DFCR) have been completed.
Water Management Information System (WIMS) software for Flood Data Entry
has been readied, water level of FF stations, base stations, reservoirs will be fed by
all the DFCR, and Daily Flood Bulletins will be shared with all stakeholders from
1st May onwards. The new Website which is being developed under WIMS is
progressing. However, if the development is not fully done by 1st May, the old
Website will be made operational till the new Website is fully operational satisfactorily. All social media platforms for flood related information viz. Facebook
page (@CWCOfficial.FF), Twitter handle (@CWCOfficial_FF) are in all readiness.
At regional level, organizations have been informed for use of WhatsApp Group for
sharing the information between project authorities and State Government.
All the three-day advisories models have started functioning, and the Website is
made operational for use by all stakeholders. Regional models are also being
developed for use in respective organisations so that the regional models can be run
from the divisions itself and forecasts are issued based on the consensus between
statistical model and mathematical models.
M/s Google has targeted to increase the number of inundation alert areas to at
least 3 times of the present area and cover at least 20 more FF stations during the
year in various basins.
Work of issuing CAP alert being developed by NDMA in collaboration with
Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) will be done on experimental basis
in the State of Tamil Nadu during this year for which necessary training has been
imparted to incumbents in CFCR.
Details of state-wise/basin-wise/organisation-wise flood forecasting stations and
telemetry stations is given in Tables 1 and 2.
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