Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil on June 2, 2025, inaugurated C-FLOOD, a unified inundation forecasting system designed to provide advance flood alerts down to the village level. The launch took place at Shram Shakti Bhawan in New Delhi, with senior officials from the Ministries of Jal Shakti, Electronics and IT, and Science and Technology in attendance.
Developed jointly by C-DAC Pune and the Central Water Commission (CWC), C-FLOOD leverages high-performance computing to generate two-day advance flood forecasts in the form of detailed inundation maps and water level predictions. The system integrates flood modelling outputs from both national and regional agencies, offering a centralised platform for disaster management authorities.
C-FLOOD currently covers the Mahanadi, Godavari, and Tapi river basins, with plans to expand its reach. The simulations for the Mahanadi Basin are run on C-DAC’s supercomputing infrastructure, while the Godavari and Tapi basins are supported by models developed by the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under the National Hydrology Project.
Launched under the National Supercomputing Mission, which is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Science and Technology, the platform marks a significant step forward in using tech-driven tools for disaster risk reduction.
At the event, the Minister directed the CWC and allied agencies to ensure wide publicity of the C-FLOOD portal to boost public awareness and preparedness. He also called for rapid integration of flood forecasts into the National Disaster Management Emergency Response Portal (NDEM) and urged improvements in accuracy using satellite validation and ground-truthing.
Ministers Patil praised the joint efforts of CWC, C-DAC, and NRSC in operationalising the system, calling it a “state-of-the-art platform” and reiterating the government’s focus on proactive disaster management.
