Manual on community approach to flood management in india

Flood is a serious problem for India that inflicts suffering to the millions, specially the poor and vulnerable sections of the society. Several approaches to alleviate flood misery have been pursued in the past, but with limited success. The problem seems to defy solution. Hence, a fresh approach is clearly needed.
It goes to the credit of Geneva based WMO to have taken the initiative in exploring the potential of a new approach, namely Community Approach to Flood Management. For this purpose, it decided to sponsor pilot studies in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
This document in particular approaches the community based management of flood risk in India.