Union Minister released version 2.0 of ‘FloodWatch India’ mobile application.
The upgraded version of the ‘FloodWatch India’ mobile application aims to provide a comprehensive and detailed overview of flood conditions across the country.
This new version of the ‘FloodWatch India’ app has been developed by the Central Water Commission (CWC).
The earlier version was providing flood forecasts from 200 monitoring stations.
Version 2.0 of the app provides information to the additional 392 flood monitoring stations. The total number of stations reached to 592.
The latest version mobile app also provides additional information regarding the storage positions of 150 major reservoirs in the country.
It uses advanced technologies such as satellite data analysis, mathematical modelling and real-time monitoring to deliver accurate and timely flood forecasts.
This app will provide information in 2 languages – English and Hindi.
