Abstract:
Development of human civilization has always taken place along a river or perennial source of water. Man suffers loss of life, damage to property and crops by over flooding of the banks of the rivers and lakes but water is such a vital necessity for mankind that man does not want to go away from it. Therefore, it becomes important to forecast flood well in advance so that loss from it can be reduced to a considerable extent. In this paper, importance of flood forecasting has been discussed with special reference to network for flood forecasting in India. The present C.W.C. set up of flood forecasting organisation and procedure of flood forecasting have been described. Modernisation of flood forecasting and benefits achieved by flood forecasting have been briefly explained.
