Integrated Flood Warning System (IFLOWS-Mumbai) inaugurated 

Integrated Flood Warning System (IFLOWS-Mumbai) inaugurated 

Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-I – Geography; GS-III – Science and technology 

In News:

• Integrated Flood Warning System – IFLOWS was inaugurated in Mumbai by Union Minister for Earth Sciences and Maharashtra Chief Minister.

Key takeaways 

• It is developed by the Union Ministry for Earth Sciences on the request of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM).
• It is a state-of-art system for Mumbai  and is expected to enhance Mumbai’s resilience by providing early warning for flooding specially during high rainfall events and cyclones.
• It comprises seven modules: 
  • Data Assimilation
  • Flood
  • Inundation
  • Vulnerability
  • Risk
  • Dissemination Module 
  • Decision Support System.
• The system has provisions to capture the urban drainage within the city and predict the areas of flooding, which will be incorporated in the final system.