Context:
Union Jal Shakti Minister inaugurated C-FLOOD in New Delhi.

About C-FLOOD:

• Developed by C-DAC Pune & Central Water Commission under Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• Provides village-level flood forecasts with two-day advance warning via web-based maps.
• Part of National Supercomputing Mission.

Features:

• Integrates regional and national flood modeling.
• Covers Mahanadi, Godavari, and Tapi river basins (expansion planned).
• Uses 2-D hydrodynamic modeling for simulations.
• Powered by HPC infrastructure at C-DAC Pune and flood data from NRSC.

Source: The Hindu