On July 2, 2025, Union Minister Chandrakant Raghunath(C.R) Patil, Ministry of Jal Shakthi (MoJS), inaugurated the C-FLOOD, a web-based Flood Forecasting System at Shram Shakti Bhawan in New Delhi, Delhi, marking a transformative step in India’s flood management and disaster response framework.
- The initiative, C-FLOOD, is executed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), jointly steered by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) and the Department of Science and Technology(DST) under the Ministry of Science and Technology(MoS&T).
About C-FLOOD:
i.C-FLOOD was collaboratively developed by the Pune (Maharashtra) based Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under MeitY, New Delhi-based Central Water Commission(CWC), Department of Water Resources (DoWR), River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (RD&GR), MoJS.
ii.C-FLOOD platform uses advanced Two-Dimension (2-D) hydrodynamic modelling to simulate flood scenarios.
iii.C-FLOOD provides flood forecasts up to village level in two days in advance 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.
iv.At present, the system covers the Mahanadi (Chhattisgarh and Odisha), Godavari (Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh (AP), Chhattisgarh and Odisha) and Tapi river basins (Madhya Pradesh (MP), Gujarat, and Maharashtra).
v.The simulations for Mahanadi Basin are run on High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure under NSM at C-DAC, with integration of outputs for Godavari and Tapi Basins, which have been developed by Hyderabad (Telangana) based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under the National Hydrology Project (NHP), MoJS.
About National Supercomputing Mission (NSM):
i.NSM is a major initiative launched by the Government of India (GoI) in 2015 with an estimated cost of Rs. 4500 crores over a period of seven years till 2022. Later the mission was extended to December 2025.
ii.It was implemented by DST, MeitY and executed by C-DAC and Bengaluru (Karnataka) based Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
About National Hydrology Project (NHP):
i.NHP is a flagship initiative launched by the GoI under the MoJS, with an aim to modernize and improve the extent, quality and accessibility of water resources information and to strengthen the capacity of targeted water resources management institutions in India.
ii.It was launched in 2016, initially for a period of 8 years till 2024. Currently the NHP has been extended until September 30, 2025.
iii.It is implemented by DoWR, RD & GR, MoJS supported by the Washington, United States of America (USA) based World Bank.
iv.The project was implemented with a total budget of approximately Rs.3680 crores, including USD 175 million loan from World Bank.
About Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS):
Union Minister – Chandrakant Raghunath(C.R) Patil (Constituency – Navsari, Gujarat)
Minister of State (MoS) – V Somanna (Constituency – Tamkur, Karnataka); Raj Bhushan Choudhary (Constituency – Muzaffarpur, Bihar)
