(Pro-ceedings,World Congress on Natural Disaster Mitigation, February 2004, New Delhi,Vol. 2, pp. 242246).
Floods are of common occurrence in many parts of the world and whenever these occur, a trail of destruction is left behind. Though floods are said to be a natural phenomena, the loss of life and property can be reduced to a large extent if lessons are learnt of the previous instances and timely measures are taken to lessen their impact.
Floods, Disaster, Relief operation, Contingency plans