Central Water Commission (CWC) is the nodal Organisation entrusted with the task of flood forecasting & early flood warnings in the country. Presently, CWC issues flood forecasts for 338 forecasting stations (138 Inflow Forecast Stations & 200 Level Forecast Stations) which cover 20 major river basins in 23 States and 2 Union Territories (UT’s). The network has been established in consultation with the State Governments and UTs. In order to provide more lead time to the local authorities to plan evacuation of people & take other remedial measures, CWC has developed basin wise flood forecasting model based on rainfall-runoff mathematical modelling for 5 days’ advance advisory at its forecasting stations. The state-wise distribution of Flood Forecasting stations maintained by CWC is given at Annexure.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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PK/AS
ANNEXURE
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State-wise Flood Forecasting Stations |
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SI. No. |
Name of State/UT |
Number of flood forecasting Stations |
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|
|
Level |
Inflow |
Total |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
10 |
10 |
20 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
3 |
Assam |
30 |
0 |
30 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
40 |
3 |
43 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
6 |
Gujarat |
6 |
8 |
14 |
|
7 |
Haryana |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
8 |
Himachal Pradesh |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
9 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
10 |
Jharkhand |
2 |
15 |
17 |
|
11 |
Karnataka |
1 |
14 |
15 |
|
12 |
Kerala |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
2 |
12 |
14 |
|
14 |
Maharashtra |
8 |
14 |
22 |
|
15 |
Odisha |
12 |
7 |
19 |
|
16 |
Rajasthan |
4 |
11 |
15 |
|
17 |
Sikkim |
3 |
5 |
8 |
|
18 |
Tamil Nadu |
4 |
11 |
15 |
|
19 |
Telangana |
5 |
9 |
14 |
|
20 |
Tripura |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
21 |
Uttar Pradesh |
39 |
5 |
44 |
|
22 |
Uttarakhand |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
23 |
West Bengal |
12 |
4 |
16 |
|
24 |
Daman & Diu |
I |
0 |
1 |
|
25 |
NCT of Delhi |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
Total |
200 |
138 |
338 |
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