Hydromet SOS:
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It will be a trans-boundary, round-the-year, early warning system to share data on reservoirs, rivers and dam waters.
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It will cover major flood plains caused by trans-boundary flowing rivers.
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Objective: To mitigate water hazards like floods, droughts, mudslides and accelerated erosion.
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Need: Trans-boundary rivers originating outside India cause massive flooding in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh during the monsoon season. For instance: the unregulated left bank rivers of the Ganga–Ghandak, Kosi and Ghaghra and the Brahmaputra, pose serious flooding threats every year in India.
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According to CWC reports, India has suffered an annual loss of Rs 6,000 crore every year between 1953 and 2000.