70378 (jJiliar FLOOD A AGE E TI FO fmMr DFID - BANK TRUST FUND for India New Delhi, India ACRONYMS Acronym Expansion ALTM Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper ANN Artificial Neural Network BIRSAC State Remote Sensing Applications Centre BSNL Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited CWC Central Water Commission DEM Digital Elevation Model DfID Department for International Development DMD Disaster Management Department DRM Disaster Risk Management EMIS Embankment Management Information System FMIS Flood Management Information System FMISC Flood Management Information System Cell GoB Government of Bihar GoI Government of India GUI Graphical User Interface IMD India Meteorological Department LISS Linear Imaging Self Scanning MoWR Ministry of Water Resources NCMRWF National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting NIC National Informatics Centre NRSA National Remote Sensing Agency SOI Survey of India SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission WRD Water Resources Department WALMI Water and Land Management Institute Index to Report Page Executive Summary Acronyms 1. Project Background 1 2. FMIS Development Objective 4 3. FMIS Phase I Overview 6 4. FMIS Knowledge Base 10 5. Flood Website 14 6. Community Outreach 19 7. Training and Stakeholder Workshops 22 8. Improved Flood Forecast Modeling 24 9. Upgrading Flood Management Manuals 26 10. Plan for Upgrading Hydrologic Measurements and Telemetry 30 11. Operational Flood Mapping in 2007 Monsoon Season 34 12. Next Steps 36 13. FMIS outputs, outcomes and sustainability 37 Annexure 1.FMIS Development Stages –Outcomes, Outputs and Activities Annexure 2 Log Frame Annexure 3. Flood Characterization and Hydrologic Analysis of focus area Annexure 4 Mapping First Flood in 2007 Monsoon Season Annexure 5. Flood maps in 2007 Flood Season Annexure 6. Maximum flooded Area in 2007 flood season Annexure 7. First Monthly Bulletin in English Annexure 8. Daily Bulletin 25th August 07 Annexure 9. Cost_Table of FMIS Phase-II Annexure 10. Bihar Flood Management Strategy LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Figure 1. River Basins of North Bihar and in Focus Area Figure 2. FMIS Coverage of Flood Cycle Phases Figure 3. Districts covered in FMIS Phase I Figure 4. Inter-Agency Linkages Figure 5. Home Page of Flood Website in English and in Hndi Figure 6. Bagmati Basin Figure 7. River Basins in Focus Area for Upgrading Hydrologic Network Table 1. River Basins in Focus Area Table 2. Implementation Status Table 3. FMIS Database Structure Table 4. Schedule of District-level Workshops Table 5. Geographic Coverage of FMIS Phase II Components EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Government of Bihar has identified improvement of flood control as a priority area for World Bank engagement in the State. The World Bank – Government of Bihar Partnership Matrix (2006) prioritizes the improvement of the institutional capacity for delivering better flood management and drainage services, as a key action for accelerating agriculture productivity in North Bihar. The Flood Management Information System (FMIS), identified for entry-level and short-term bank engagement in Bihar, is designed to generate and disseminate timely and customized information to move the sector agencies from disaster response to improved disaster preparedness and to effectively support flood control and management in the flood prone areas of the State of Bihar. Improved flood management that will protect the poorest farmers and tribal groups located in the low value lands in the flood plains, is also in line with the Bank/DFID partnership policy of extending Bank’s support to state reforms that could lead to lasting poverty reduction. The development of FMIS is planned in four stages: Flood hazard characterization & emergency response; improved flood preparedness and community participation; Flood hazard mitigation; and Integrated flood management. The technical improvements in flood forecasting, inundation modeling and warning, and embankment management are also coupled with expanded institutional and community linkages and expanding geographic coverage (from the most flood-prone 11 districts in north Bihar in the first stage to the whole flood prone area in the third stage). The fourth stage aims to develop integrated flood/drainage/irrigation management through upgrading FMIS into a Water Resources Information System, implementing operational community based flood management, and operationalizing regional flood knowledge base and management plans. The Technical Assistance under the World Bank-DFID Trust Fund covering the first stage of FMIS development, initiated in May 2006 and scheduled to close by June 30, 2008, aims to improve the technical and institutional capacity of the State of Bihar for flood management, by introducing extensive use of modern information technologies to develop and implement a comprehensive Flood Management Information System [FMIS] in the most flood-prone areas of the State. While the Water Resources Department (WRD) is the implementing agency the FMIS will address the information needs for early warning and emergency response of three key agencies of WRD, Disaster Management Department (DMD) and Agriculture. The FMIS will benefit flood management in north Bihar through strengthening of flood knowledge base and analysis, the dissemination and outreach of operational flood management information, improvement of flood preparedness and training. FMIS will improve the flood forecasts through a suite of appropriate models, develop a focal point in an institutional (Flood Management Information System Cell) framework and information setting, as well as improve information flow and sector preparedness. In the short term, FMIS aims at new technological approaches to improve the decision process before, during and after the flood events and the use and allocation of available resources, along with a substantive effort of planning the development and rehabilitation of the flood and drainage control infrastructure. The current and first stage of FMIS focuses on flood hazard characterization and analysis, improved flood forecast modeling, flood website, updated flood control manuals, plans for upgrading hydrologic measurements, telemetry and FMIS, and training. Community outreach and stakeholders' workshops and training would improve effective utilization of information products. The FMIS in the first stage covers the focus area from Burhi Gandak river in the west to Kosi river in the east in 11 districts of North Bihar!, that is most flood prone. The project design takes note of the flood management functions and information needs of the three key agencies of Water Resources, Disaster Management and Agriculture in Government of Bihar, as well as community needs. Under inter-agency agreements, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in GOI is providing 3 day rainfall forecasts, while NRSA is developing the FMIS and associated analysis software, sharing its database, implementing and maintaining FMIS in Patna, and providing operational flood inundation maps during the flood season, as also supplying required additional satellite data in near-real time on commercial basis. Survey of India (SOl) is providing digitized topographic maps, while Central Water Commission and Ganga Flood Control Commission of Ministry of Water Resources (Mo WR) in GOI are actively involved in the development and operation of FMIS. Consulting firms, individual consultants, and academic institutions are supporting FMIS development and operation through consultancy studies. The Water Resources Department in Government of Bihar is implementing FMIS, and contributing towards infrastructure and operational expenses. The Bihar State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (BIRSAC) provided initial facility support. The FMIS is designed to takes note of complementary initiatives in DMD under the Gol-UNDP Disaster Risk Management (DRM) programme in 169 most vulnerable districts of 17 States in India, including Bihar. The FMIS operation is also synergetic with the national level Disaster Management Support (DMS) programme lead by the National Remote Sensing Agency in the Department of Space (DOS). A Flood Management Information System Cell (FMISC) has been created within the WRD institutional framework to develop, implement, and operate FMIS. Infrastructure consisting of office equipment and special purpose hardware and software and support peripherals including power support for 24x 7 operations was operational in the 2007 flood season. Linkages have been established with national and state agencies for data and information flow. FMIS development is supported by an Advisory Committee, providing policy guidance and inter-agency coordination, and a Technical Committee, which meets more frequently to resolve technical issues and to monitor project progress for mid-course corrections. Additionally, frequent inter-agency meetings are held to resolve urgent bilateral issues. 1 Districts of East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Saharsa and Supaul The FMIS characterizing the flood hazard in the focus area aims to integrate the already existing database with National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) with the additional datasets to be generated by another consultancy firm. NRSA under an MOU signed in early May 2007, has implemented the existing database and the first version of a user- friendly customized GIS application software for data visualization, analysis and product generation in FMISC. The application has been upgraded in January 2008, and the complete version is planned before project closure. For final integration in FMIS, a seamless ortho-corrected Cartosat I satellite image mosaic at 2.5 m spatial resolution, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) based DEM at 90 m spatial resolution and about 5 m vertical resolution, and selected digital topographic map layers from Survey of India in 1:50,000 scale have been procured. Inundation maps in 2007 flood season were operationally and in near-real time provided by NRSA and additionally processed in FMISC, from RADARSAT and optical Indian satellite imagery. Historic inundation maps since year 2000 are under processing in NRSA. Three classes of flood forecasting models are being evaluated by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi under a consultancy study for possible improvements to increase the lead-time and to forecast flood stage at any location in gauged rivers in the selected basin, using currently available hydrologic, hydraulic and topographic data. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is supplying customized three-day rainfall forecast at 45 km grid spacing and 6 hourly interval under an MOU (covering the whole of Nepal and the entire north Bihar), and plans to upgrade to 5 km grid spacing in the 2008 flood season. Decadal data on river stage/discharge and rainfall have been procured from IMD and Central Water Commission (CWC). Another key input would be the detailed digital elevation model of flood plain topography using SRTM data. Use of observed rainfall and water level in Nepal portion when available in real-time would further enhance the modeL. Five FMISC staff have received hands-on training in digital image processing and GIS techniques, and the capacity is further enhanced through in-house training. Stakeholder workshops for the three key GoB agencies are being planned through a consultancy study. Initial training on FMIS application software has been provided by NRSA in January 2008 after implementation of second version of software in FMISC office, and would be followed by third training after final implementation before project closure. Training on flood forecast modeling and hydrologic network design would be provided by the respective Consultants before project closure. Operational information products include: i) Actual and predicted inundation maps customized for the key user agencies with required overlays, in near real time, ii) Pre- season river configuration map, iii) Post-season river configuration map showing possible locations for anti-erosion control measures before next flood season, iv) Seasonal flood maps including extent-duration-frequency of inundation, and v) Flood hazard map showing area affected by different flood frequency. Actual inundation map and seasonal flood maps have been generated for the 2007 flood season. All other products excluding the predicted inundated map and the flood hazard map would also be ready prior to 2008 flood season. The information products are to be disseminated through institutional nodal points, a flood website, a community outreach programme, and periodic bulletins. The institutional linkages have been established, web site has been developed and hosted by National Informatics Centre, daily and monthly bulletins have been issued through the 2007 flood season, and community outreach modalities have been recommended by a consultancy study. The community outreach consultancy has evaluated alternate communication modalities (public news media, mobile phone, police wireless network, etc.), community focal points, and type and content of alert, within the socio-economic context (institutional arrangements, information flow, community structure), and technology (power, computer and Internet penetration and skills, telecommunication) constraints in the focus area. The final report will recommend the alert type and contents and communication modalities for implementation in the next phase of FMIS implementation. Stakeholder workshops targeting the key GoB agencies were designed and implemented for better institutional awareness and preparedness. Detailed training plan and training material were prepared. The stakeholder workshops for more than 400 institutional staff at district and sub-district level and State-level were conducted in April-May by the WRD's Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI). Existing flood manuals in the key Bihar agencies have been updated under a consultancy contract, to support effective institutionalization of FMIS information product dissemination and use during the flood season. Supplementary sections to existing manuals have been prepared, covering actions to be taken on receipt of flood alerts and maps from FMIS, feedback from the key departments to FMIS for continued fine-tuning of information products, and archival of relevant flood impact data within agencies and transmission to FMISC for updating flood hazard characterization. A consultancy study has evaluated existing data collection networks and proposed plans to suggest improvements in hydrologic observation network and communication modalities to improve time-effective ground measurements and reporting, and enhance forecast reliability and lead-time. Upgrade requirements (spatial and temporal coverage and time-effective reporting) address optimal rainfall and flood forecast model requirements. Satellite telemetry and other alternate communication modalities have been evaluated. The report on optimal observation network (location, type, observation frequency, etc) and telemetry (type, transmission frequency, time of transmission, etc), along with a first-cut cost estimate, will enable planning implementation in the subsequent phases of FMIS. Twenty six flood inundation maps were produced in the 2007 flood season, and disseminated by email to focal officers in Water Resources, Disaster management and Agriculture departments, and District Magistrates of affected districts. The Department of Agriculture is regularly collecting flood information through a Nodal Officer appointed for liaison with FMISC for use in contingency planning. The Disaster Management department requested daily e-bulletin published from FMISC through fax on daily basis. The District Magistrates and Special District Magistrates in charge of flood management are also receiving the daily bulletin, for better ground preparedness. The inundation maps and statistics have been used in Chief Minister's Aerial Survey of flood affected areas, as well as used by DMD for appraising the Chief Minister on the flood status. Special District Magistrate, Darbhanga requested for positional verification of specific places for air-dropping of relief materials, which was provided by FMISC, Bihar based on inundation maps. The inundation maps have also been field validated by FMISC teams. FMIS has also provided large scale satellite mage maps to Flood Monitoring wing of WRD for planning anti-erosion control schemes prior to 2008 flood season. Seasonal flood maps have been generated, based on individual flood maps, showing the maximum extent of inundation, frequency and duration of inundation, impact of embankment breach, and sustenance of breach plugging, etc have been generated. An Annual Report describing flood events in 2007 season has been produced. Six e-Bulletins in English and Hindi languages and at monthly frequency have been issued by the FMIS Cell. Daily bulletins describing the current and predicted hydrologic status have been regularly issued starting July 12, 2007 in the 2007 flood season. Outputs in the first phase of FMIS are a functional FMIS, issuing time-effective and targeted information products, customized for key government agencies, for improved flood management; early warning of actual inundation status; increased awareness of stakeholders and institutionalization through updated flood manuals to promote effective use; improved information dissemination through institutional linkages, website and community outreach; and follow-up with key agencies to sustain FMIS operation. The project outcomes are improved flood management preparedness of key agencies (Water Resources Department, Disaster management department and Agriculture department), and improved flow of critical flood information, resulting in reduced flood damage to society. Currently the WRD proposes to convert the FMIS under Plan budget, demonstrating its commitment for sustainability in the short and medium term. Mainstreaming of FMISC is being facilitated through regular interaction with the Flood Monitoring office in WRD and presentations to WRD staff and providing analysis support with multi-year satellite imagery for flood management functions. FMIS information products are increasingly demanded by the key agencies both at headquarter level and in field offices, and used in flood management. As an indicator of sustainability WRD is funding the continued operation of FMIS during the 2008 flood season, after the closure of World Bank funded technical assistance by June 30, 08. The second and next phase ofFMIS is planned at an estimated outlay of about US $ 3.03 millions (Rs.13.11 crores), with the following inter-related elements: a) develop a comprehensive Embankment Management Information System (EMIS) to sustain protection to flood-prone areas; b) upgrade knowledge base on flood hazard; c) upgrade timely an d appropriate flood information generation and delivery systems for better institutional and community preparedness; d) facilitate sharing of international knowledge and experience in developing appropriate FMIS; and e) develop FMIS upgrading strategy and road map to support medium and long-term management interventions. An overall flood management strategy and framework has been developed to guide the different Bank initiatives to assist flood management in Bihar State. 1. Project Background Bihar accounts for 16.5% of the flood-prone area and 22.1% of the flood-affected population in India. The flood prone area in Bihar accounts for 73 percent of its geographical area, and 76 percent of North Bihar, while the area protected by structural interventions is only 43 percent of Bihar area, and 68 percent of North Bihar area. Flood damage is about 30 to 40 percent of all India damages. The plains of Bihar, adjoining Nepal, are drained by a number of rivers that have their catchments in the steep and geologically nascent Himalayas. Torrential rains in the Nepal Himalayas have made these rivers - Ghaghra, Gandak, Buhri Gandak, Bagmati, Bhutahi Balan, Kamala, Kosi and Mahananda - carry high discharge and very high sediment load 1 down to the plains. Once the rivers enter the plains much of the silt begins to settle, raising the beds of the rivers 2, shrinking their channels, and blocking flow. The rivers cut fresh paths through the sediment in the subsequent monsoon season. In the past three to four decades, the population has grown rapidly and human occupation of the flood plains of the river has reached alarming proportions, resulting in increasing damages. Fig 1. River Basins of Bihar State and in Focus Area Kosi basin Kamla-Balan basin Bagmati- Adhwara Basin Burhi Gandak basin 1 Monsoon silt load can be as much as 99 million tones in Burhi Gandak river, and ranges from 76 to 95 million tones in other rivers 2 2 meters on an average, based on measurements from 1989 to 2006 at Benibad site in Bagmati river 1 Table 1. River Basins in Focus Area Flood prone Bed Slope in m/km area River Name Catchment Area in sq. km Length of River in km (sq km) Outside Within Outside Within Outside Within Bihar Bihar Total Bihar Bihar Total Bihar Bihar Within Bihar 1.4- Kosi 72349 21006 93355 208 260 468 0.45 0.11 10150 Kamla Balan 2744 4488 7232 208 120 328 3.4 0.2 - 0.1 3700 Bagmati 7884 6500 14384 195 394 589 8.98 0.14 - 0.04 4440 Burhi Gandak 2350 19150 21500 - 320 320 4.72 4.72 - 0.06 8210 The flood are caused by a multiplicity of factors such as inadequate carrying capacity and over-bank flow in un-embanked rivers, gaps in embankment or manmade or natural embankment breaches, inadequate waterways in rail and road bridges, non-operation of sluice gates during floods, concurrent floods in main river and tributary, silting and change in river course and avulsion, drainage congestion behind and between embankments, drainage congestion between embankments of main river and tributaries, and impeded natural drainage and waterlogging caused by micro-relief. It has been estimated that, from 1999 to 2005, the flood damages reached Rs. 2655 crores (USD 531 millions). The capital expenditure on flood protection and drainage works each year amounts to Rs. 64.43 crores (USD 13 millions), and Rs. 108.54 crores (USD 21.5 millions) in revenue expenditure. The flood in 2007 was again very destructive affecting more than 19 districts, causing 32 embankment breaches, affecting more than 14 million people (3 million households), and destroyed 7 million hectares of crop, apart from the loss of assets, mainly of the poor, totally estimated at Rs. 33191 millions. The GoB requested for immediate central assistance of Rs. 5210 millions to restore the damaged systems. Currently, the Central Water Commission (CWC) provides flood forecasts (8 to 24 hours in advance) for the main stem of the rivers in the focus Area. The lead time for community preparedness however is almost zero, since inundation impact from the forecasted river stage at a few fixed sites along the main river is currently not modeled. The use of rainfall forecasts (Quantitative precipitation forecasts at basin level) available from India Meteorological Department (IMD) till now, and the experimental spatially and temporally distributed forecasts up to 3 days from 2 National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) and from India Meteorological Department (IMD), and global forecast providers is very limited. Although the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) does produce maps, under a national programme, of actual inundated areas on opportunistic basis, their use in emergency response has been limited due to the limitations of the data capturing process. Although many sector agencies have emergency plans, these would be further strengthened with improved flood information availability and flow. The Government of Bihar has identified improvement of flood control as a priority area for World Bank engagement in the State. The World Bank partnership matrix agreed with Bihar (2006) prioritizes the improvement of the institutional capacity for delivering better flood management and drainage services, as a key action for accelerating agriculture productivity in North Bihar. Improved flood management will protect the poorest farmers and tribal groups located in the low value lands in the flood plains, in line with the Bank/DFID partnership policy of extending Bank’s support to state reforms that could lead to lasting poverty reduction. The Flood Management Information System (FMIS) is designed to provide and disseminate timely and customized information to move the sector agencies from disaster response to improved disaster preparedness and to effectively support flood control and management in the flood prone areas of the State of Bihar. 3 2. FMIS development objective The long-term objective is to develop and implement a comprehensive Flood Management Information System (FMIS) to effectively support flood control and management in the flood prone areas of Bihar State The development of FMIS is planned in four stages: Flood hazard characterization & emergency response; improved flood preparedness and community participation; Flood hazard mitigation; and integrated flood management (Annex 1). The technical improvements in flood forecasting, inundation warning, and embankment management are also coupled with expanded institutional and community linkages, and expanding geographic coverage from the 11 most flood-prone districts in north Bihar in the first stage to the priority flood prone basins in the second stage, and to further technical intensification and expansion to the whole north Bihar in the third stage. The fourth stage aims to develop integrated flood/drainage/irrigation management through upgrading FMIS into a Water Resources Information System, implementing operational community based flood management, and operationalizing regional flood knowledge base and developing regional management plans. Flood Disaster Cycle and FMIS Phases Within the six-stage disaster cycle, the FMIS is currently focused on improved flood preparedness through early warning, and emergency response.. At the final development stage the FMIS would support flood management through the entire disaster cycle. It will move the State from disaster response to improved disaster preparedness, improve the flood forecasts, develop a focal point in an institutional (e.g. a multi-disciplinary Flood Management Information System Cell) framework and information setting, as well as improve information flow and sector preparedness. Flood Preparedness Emergency FMIS I Response Mitigation FMIS IV Rehabilitation Reconstruction Fig 2. FMIS Coverage of Flood Cycle Phases 4 In the short term, FMIS aims at new technological approaches to improve the decision process before, during and after the flood events and the use and allocation of available resources, along with a substantive effort of planning the development and rehabilitation of the flood and drainage control infrastructure. The later stages of FMIS would cover flood management in its entirety. 5 3. FMIS Phase I - Overview The World Bank-DFID funded Technical Assistance, initiated in May 2006 and scheduled to close by June 30, 2008 aims to improve the technical and institutional capacity of the State of Bihar for flood management, by introducing extensive use of modern information technologies to develop and implement a comprehensive Flood Management Information System [FMIS] in the most flood-prone areas of the State. The project components include preparation of FMIS, a comprehensive flood website, training, improved flood forecast modeling, plan for upgrading hydrologic measurements and telemetry, and updated flood manuals in key agencies. While the Water Resources Department (WRD) is the implementing agency through its Flood Management Information System Cell (FMISC) the FMIS will address the information needs for early warning and emergency response of three key agencies of WRD, Disaster Management Department (DMD) and Agriculture. The FMIS will benefit flood management in north Bihar through strengthening of flood knowledge base and analysis, the dissemination and outreach of operational flood management information and the improvement of flood preparedness. FMIS Design Fig 3. Districts covered in FMIS Phase I The FMIS in the first stage would cover the focus area from Burhi Gandak river in the west to Kosi river in the east in 11 districts of North Bihar (East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Saharsa and Supaul), that is most flood prone. The log frame for FMIS describes the goal, purpose, outputs, and activities along with corresponding verifiable indicators, means of verification and assumptions (Annex 2). Annex 3 describes the hydrologic and flood characterization of the focus area. The project design takes note of the flood management functions and information needs of the three key agencies of Water Resources, Disaster management and Agriculture in 6 Government of Bihar, as well as community needs in improving the flood preparedness and emergency response. Inter-Agency Linkages Synergy between central and state agencies involved in flood management in Bihar is identified as the key to successful development and sustained operation. The Water Resources Department (WRD) in Government of Bihar is implementing the FMIS, and contributing towards infrastructure and operational expenses. The Bihar State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (BIRSAC) provided initial facility support till FMISC operations shitted to its own office. Under inter-agency agreements, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in GOI is providing 3 day rainfall forecasts, while NRSA is sharing its database, developing the associated analysis software, implementing and maintaining FMIS in Patna, and providing operational flood inundation maps during the flood season, as also supplying required additional satellite data in near–real time on commercial basis. The Survey of India (SOI) is providing digitized topographic maps, while Central Water Commission and Ganga Flood Control Commission of Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) in GOI are actively involved in the development and operation of FMIS. Consulting firms, individual consultants, and academic institutions are supporting FMIS development and operation through consultancy studies. The FMIS is also designed to takes note of complementary initiatives in DMD under the GoI-UNDP Disaster Risk Management (DRM) programme in 169 most vulnerable districts of 17 States in India, including Bihar. The FMIS operation is also synergetic with the national level Disaster Management Support (DMS) programme lead by the National Remote Sensing Agency in the Department of Space (DOS), GOI. CWC Information Products Facilitation BIRSAC Flood forecast • Hydrologic status map IMD Rainfall forecast • Actual and predicted Satellite data and Inundation map inundation maps; NRSA FMIS development and Flood management • Seasonal flood summary operational support GFCC planning & appraisal • Post flood river configuration GW level and CGWB •Pre season flood protection alert trend SOI Digital topo maps •Website •bulletin Ground NATIONAL DISASTER •Reports data, MANAGEMENT Feedback PROGRAMME •Alerts Agency •WRD Role/function •DMD •Agriculture •Communities Fig 4. Inter-Agency Linkages 7 Project Implementation Arrangements and Schedule The GoB submitted a proposal to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in GOI in February 2006 for Technical Assistance under the World Bank-DfID Trust Fund programme, and received approval in May 2006. The delayed conclusion of the Letter of Agreement on August 24, 2006 resulted in the rescheduling of project closure to 31st October 2007 in order to include at least one operational flood season for validating the proposed Flood Management Information System (FMIS). The project closure was extended till Feb 29, 08 in view of the delayed approval of the GoB Cabinet only on Jan 22,07, resulting in delay in some critical activities. The project closure was subsequently extended to June 30, 08 to ensure stabilization ofFMIS operations and full preparedness before the 2008 flood season. A Flood Management Information System Cell (FMISC) has been created within WRD to develop, implement, and operate FMIS. A Project Director provides overall leadership while an Executive Engineer provides day-today technical guidance. Linkages have been established with national and state agencies for data and information flow. The FMIS development is supported by an Advisory Committee chaired by the Commissioner and Principal Secretary, WRD, GoB, providing policy guidance and inter-agency coordination, and a Technical Committee, chaired by Engineer-in-Chief (North), WRD which meets more frequently to resolve technical issues and to monitor project progress for mid-course corrections. Additionally, frequent inter-agency meetings are held as needed to resolve urgent bilateral issues. Current Implementation Status by Project Components The outcomes of the TA are the strengthening of flood knowledge base and analysis, dissemination and outreach of operational flood management information, improvement of flood preparedness, and future flood Management Improvement. The project components and detailed activities are shown in Table below. Table 2. Implementation Status Project Activity Status Components 1. FMIS 1.1 Preparation of CAirtosat data mosaic of focus area ' Completed Knowledge Base I.I.a. Preparation of additional Cartosat mosaic Completed 1.2 Generation of processed historic Radarsat and optical Completed satellite data 1.3 Generation of processed 2007 flood season Radarsat Completed and optical satellite data (as needed basis) 1.4 Developing additional database for integration in FMIS Nearing Completion 1.5 Topographic map digitization as per FMIS Completed specifications 1.6 FMIS facilitation : Completed 1.7 Develop modalities for community outreach, I Completed preparedness, and flood management 1.8 Computer for remote sensing and GIS software (2 Nos) I Completed 8 1.9 HP Designjet 500 PostScript printer (42 inch) Completed 1.1 0.1 UPS + Battery Completed 1.1 0 .2 Diesel generator Completed 1.11 Remote sensing (ERDAS Imagine) software , Completed 1.12 GIS (ArcGIS) software Completed 1.13 Oracle RDBMS (I license), Windows XP Professional Completed SP2 + MS Office suite 2003+ Antivirus software (enterprise version), Visual C++ (2 licenses), Visual Basic (2 licenses) Develop integrated FMIS database, develop and integrate Improved version application software, implement in Patna, and maintain under development for I year 2. Flood Website 2.1. Hiring consultants for operational support I Completed 2.2 Flood website development, hosting and maintenance I Completed 3. Training 3.1 Plan Stakeholder workshops, meetings and training at Completed Hqs and up to field office, and community level for support to conduct of workshops, meeting and training 3.2 Implement programme & plan of3.1 Completed 3.3.1 Training in satellite data processing and GIS Completed 3.3.2 Training on procurement Procedures for the World Bank aided projects 4. Improving 4.1 Development ofDEM Completed flood forecast 4.2 Generation of customized rainfall forecasts Completed modeling 4.3 Develop roodels for improved flood forecasting, and Nearing completion predicted inundation mapping 4.4 Innovative inundation modeling Dropped J 5. Developing a 5.1 Develop plan for strengthening hydrologic network, Nearing Completion plan for telemetry, etc upgrading hydrologic measurements, telemtry and FMIS 3 Due to non-availability of historic inundation maps prior to project closure 9 4. FMIS Knowledge Base The FMIS knowledge base characterizing the flood hazard in the focus area aims to integrate the already existing database with National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) with the additional datasets to be generated by another consultancy firm. NRSA under an Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) signed in early May 2007, has implemented the existing database and the first version of a user-friendly customized GIS application software for data visualization, analysis and product generation in FMISC. The user friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) helps to visualize the Geospatial database and generate specific flood data products with minimum GIS expertise. The application has been developed using Arc Objects 9.1 in Visual Basic 6.0, which runs on Windows operating system. The application has been upgraded in January 2008, and further improvement is planned before project closure. Continuous upgrading is made possible through close interaction between FMISC and the NRSA team. It is also planned to web- enable the application in the next phase of FMIS for improved access to the application software for customized analysis by stakeholders, and for updating the database. The FMIS also integrates a seamless precision-corrected Cartosat I satellite image mosaic at 2.5 m spatial resolution, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) based DEM at 90 m spatial resolution and about 5 m vertical resolution, and selected digital topographic map layers from Survey of India in 1:50,000 scale. Inundation maps in 2007 flood season were operationally and in near-real time provided by NRSA and additional imagery from RADARSAT and optical Indian satellite imagery procured and processed in FMISC. About 30 historic inundation maps since year 2000 are under processing in NRSA. FMIS will integrate all historic and current season inundation maps. Infrastructure consisting of office equipment and special purpose hardware and software and support peripherals including power support for 24x 7 operations was operational in the 2007 flood season. 10 Table 3. FMIS Data Base Structure Module/Theme/Feature Elements and Attributes Source A. Administrative/hydrologic context Administrative units - Class code, Name, Geographic area, population and Census 2001; GOB WRD; District, subdivision, block occupation, land utilization class, area and year of Agriculture Department and village boundaries data (as per Revenue classification), Total cropped area and area under major crops in each season; (Current) sowing, heading/flowering and harvesting period of each major crop in kharif and rabi seasons Hydrologic units – basins Class code, name, geographic area GOB WRD; updated from (Current) drainage/DEM layers Satellite Image base (current) Precision corrected Cartosat I mosaic NRSA Data Centre Archival satellite imagery Precision corrected Pre- and post season LISS III NRSA Data Centre (from 2003 till 2007) imagery Topographic maps SOI Digital Maps in 1:50,000 scale SOI (Current) B. Infrastructure WRD flood offices (Chief Class code, office name, location (district/sub GOB WRD Engineer, Superintending division, block, village), jurisdiction (embankment Engineer, Executive code, name of embankment, reach, name of sluice Engineer, Asst. Engineer, gate/village), name of person, address, flood Junior Engineer) (Current) management function code Storage/diversion structures Class code, ID, name, location, purpose, structure GOB WRD (Current) type, structural details, year of construction, FRL, MWL, Annual reservoir level at beginning of each month and capacity, Command area Code, geographical area, gross and net command RRSSC map (2002-03) 4, GOB (Current) Tirhut command area, etc. WRD (Gandak) and Kamala command (under development); part Kosi command Canal network Class code, canal ID, name, starting and end points, GOB WRD + Cartosat I (Current) length, command area ID, river ID, etc. mosaic Flood management works Embankments, afflux bunds, ring bunds, spurs, GOB WRD + Cartosat I (Current) sluice gates- class code, ID, name, river ID, length, mosaic Comment [asdf1]: monthly rainfall – start and end year of construction, structural details, min/mean/max daily values, monthly total, seasonal maintenance history, vulnerable reaches, past and annual totals breaches (year, breach date, breach location on embankment, breach length, flood level, reason for breach, breach impact, when plugged, etc) Urban and rural settlements – Class code, District code, geographical area, SOI Map data + Cartosat I both polygon and point population, occupation mosaic (Current) Communication network Roads upto village roads, railway line (available for SOI Map data + Cartosat I (Current); upto village road, above districts) mosaic and rail C. Natural Resource Profile Land cover-use, upto second Land cover/use code, area LISS satellite imagery 4 Map in 1: 775,000 scale, showing waterlogged and salt affected areas in the commands of all major and medium irrigation projects in Bihar using satellite remote sensing, prepared by Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre, Jodhpur, using for Central Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India (using LISS III data of Nov 202 and April 2003) 11 level in general, and third level in Agriculture category including seasonal crop lands (Most recent after 2002) Soil (Current) Soil type code. area NBSSLUP maps, Second Bihar State Irrigation Commission report (1:50000 scale in BIRSAC) Depth to ground water table – Contours and value CGWB pre and post-monsoon (Current, and past years) D. Flood Hazard Characterization Flood plain Geomorphology Class code (Natural levees, oxbow lakes, LISS III imagery+ Cartosat I (Current) abandoned channels, paleo channels, etc.), area mosaic River survey data River ID, Reach ID, Site ID, location ID 5, WRD hydraulic data River configuration and bank Annual post monsoon status- bank line, active Cartosat I mosaic line (for major rivers) channels, stable and unstable reaches, shoals, actual (Current, and past years) and potential bank erosion location and severity, drainage block location and type, etc Contours and spot heights SOI digital maps (Current) Digital Elevation Model SRTM DEM (DEM) (Current) Drainage River ID, basin ID, name, length, seasonal or Cartosat I mosaic (Current, and past years) perennial flow, , connected to, etc. Rainfall – Normal isohyets – GOB WRD 12 monthly, 4 seasonal, 1 annual (Current) Hydrometeorological Station ID, station name, location (lat-long, or GOB WRD, IMD observation site place name), basin and river ID, District ID, type (Current site specific and (manual/automated-type), influence area, Theisson historic attribute data) polygon weight, measured variables, operational status, operating agency, observation periodicity, start and end period of record, intermittent/ continuous record, statistical descriptors (monthly, seasonal, annual rainfall, quantity and no. of rainy days), current year daily observations Hydrological (surface and Station ID, name, location, type (HO or FF), GOB WRD, CWC Comment [asdf2]: gauge and gauge/discharge ground water) site measured variable/s (G, DG, GDQ, GDSQ), sites, monthly mean/min/max flow, annual flood (Current site specific and catchment area, basin and river ID, District ID, flows historic attribute data) operating agency, operational status, observation Comment [asdf3]: GW level periodicity, start and end period of record, nature of (intermittent/continuous) record, statistical descriptors of past stage or/and discharge (monthly total/mean/min/max flow; annual summary indices (flood flows, calendar period and duration, extreme floods & return periods), current year daily stage/discharge and hydrologic status (low flow, normal flow, flood/rising flow, major flood flow) 5 Along crosssection 12 GW level- pre and post monsoon Rainfall forecasts Grid ID, location, forecast period and value, Global and national sources CWC Flood forecasting Location, address, type (water stage/inflow), start CWC stations of operation, period of operation, annual summary (Current site specific and of past flood forecasts and actual flood historic attribute data) observations Current forecast- water level/inflow, time of occurrence, lead time IMD Flood Meteorological Location, address, type (daily manual IMD Offices reporting/automated), start of operation, period of (Current site specific and operation, annual summary of past rainfall forecasts historic attribute data) and actual rainfall observations Current precipitation forecast, time of occurrence, lead time Flood inundation maps Year, flood date, satellite data date, satellite sensor, FMISC/NRSA (Current, and past years) dissemination date Flood damage Year, flood date and duration, Inundation extent, GOB DMD (Current, and past years) extent in area units and districts/tahsils, duration, damage to crops, livestock, public utilities; frequency of impact within season Flood risk zones Admin unit - flood characterization – return period To be derived later (Current) and magnitude, frequency and duration within season Hydrologic unit - flood characterization – return period and magnitude, frequency and duration within season Flood management zone To be derived later (Current, and past years) Information Products: Operational information products include: • Actual and predicted inundation maps customized for the key user agencies with required overlays, in near real time • Post-season river configuration map, showing possible locations for anti-erosion control measures before next flood season • Seasonal flood maps showing extent-duration-frequency of inundation, • Flood hazard map showing area affected by different flood frequency The information products are to be disseminated through institutional nodal points, a flood website, a community outreach programme, and periodic bulletins. 13 5. Flood Website A FMIS website has been created and hosted by National Informatics Centre (NIC) that provides access to current and historic flood data by flood management specialist, research workers and the population affected by floods.. The website has been designed and implemented in-house by FMISC to host data that would include rainfall forecasts from India Meteorological Department (IMD), flood level/inflow forecast from Central Water Commission (CWC), flood inundation maps from National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), and data sets from global information providers. The flood website In addition to hosting flood related data, will also provide a forum for feedback and ground data reporting by communities. The website is planned in both English and Hindi. Website Statistics • FMIS Site address : http://fmis.bih.nic.in • Designed, developed & Maintained by : FMISC, Patna • Hosting Agency : National Informatics Centre • Size of the site : 55MB (Approx) • Number of text Pages : 52 (as on 18/03/2008) • Number of Maps : 60 (as on 18/03/2008) • Number of Database Table : 2 (as on 18/03/2008) • Number of External links : 11 (as on 18/03/2008) Technical Specification • Operating System : Windows / Linux compatible. • Web Scripting Language : JavaScript, ASP • Web Site Designing (Tool) • Dreamweaver • Flash • Photoshop • Adobe Acrobat • DHTML JavaScript Menu tool • Flash plug-ins • MS-Access 14 Fig 5. Home page in English and Hindi, with dynamic Weather Data 15 Navigation Navigation through the pages of the site can be done using the horizontal bar just below the banner at the top of the page or using the buttons on the left side of the page. The home page of the site shows a map of the state of Bihar with the focus area high lighted. Each district of the focus area provides a link to a view of the inundation status of that district with the optional block & village boundary layers. The maps may be zoomed for details. Click the option buttons to select the specific layers Use the arrow keys or click for panning across the image. Click to zoom in (Shift-PgUp) & zoom out (Shift-PgDn) 16 The Hindi version of the website is being developed & would shortly be available. Currently, Hourly Information as well 15 days forecast weather information. Information regarding the Daily Flood Bulletin brought out by FMISC & the flood forecast (would shortly be available). In future though the website will be available to general public, but some of the enhanced features will be restricted for the departmental users. The authorized users would be informed about their login id & password by email. 17 The home page of the site shows a map of the state of Bihar with the focus area high lighted. Each district of the focus area provides a link to a view of the inundation status of that district with the optional block & village boundary layers. The maps may be zoomed for details. Navigation through the pages of the site is done using the horizontal bar just below the banner at the top of the page or using the buttons on the left side of the page. Dynamic weather data and forecasts are shown based on links o international weather sites. The Hindi version of the website is being developed & would shortly be available. In future though the website will be available to general public, but some of the enhanced features will be restricted for the departmental users. The authorized users would be informed about their login id & password by email. Future enhancements would include: Database related • GIS Map server solution for updated maps for realtime analysis • Access to database, reports and thematic and FMIS maps • Thematic and non-spatial queries • Acquisition of SMS response from communities and database updation • Interactive generation of thematic map Web Administration & Site Control • Tools for updation of News & events • User access control • Security modules for protected database access. Web Site Designing • Improve interface for content editing and page customization • Templates for dynamic web pages. • Automated near real time generation of customized FMIS product • Development of interfaces to analyze visitor profile to fine tune the network according to the priority group Dynamic updating of weather data and forecasts 18 6. Community Outreach Objectives The consultancy focused on an evaluation of alternate communication outreach modalities, to ensure that critical flood infonnation reaches vulnerable communities in time and in suitable fonnat for effective ground preparedness. The objectives are: 1. To evaluate alternate communication modes and to recommend the most effective means to directly disseminate localized flood alerts to communities, considering current status of communication modes, infrastructure at community level, absorption capacity and support facilities like electrical power 2. To interact with recommended 'alert service providers' for establishing feasibility and draft agreements 3. To recommend the nature and contents of the community alerts, which is demand driven and maximizes use in effective flood management, compatible with the recommended community communication solution and the community level Disaster Management Plans that may have been developed. Methodology • Interact with selected communities based on a sample survey to assess the communication infrastructure at the community level, functional status and efficiency, community skill sets, and readiness of community to absorb new technological tools and infonnation. • Review existing institutional mechanisms in the key Government departments of Water Resources, Disaster Management and Agriculture, and use of rural kiosks established or proposed by the private or Government sector agencies. • Review possible innovative and cost-effective communication solutions for community outreach. • Take note of other initiatives and programmes based on discussions with key departments of Disaster Management and Agriculture. • Take note of disaster management plans at the community level prepared by Disaster Management Department. • Consult NGOs working in the project area on disaster management. • Review international experience. • Recommend appropriate communication solution and suggest the content and fonnat of community alerts. • Interact with Consultants undertaking complimentary studies. • Identify service providers and establish feasibility and draw up draft agreements. Sample Survey The field survey is based on household and community surveys using separate structured questionnaire for institutional and individual respondents, selected based on a sound statistical sampling design (covering one randomly selected village in each randomly selected block (18 most flood-prone blocks, 9 moderately affected blocks and 9 19 marginally affected blocks, representing different flood preparedness level, randomly selected out of 169 blocks in the 11 districts covering the focus area, based on flood severity and frequency). The household survey covered 10 people in each village, with half the respondents from SC/ST communities, ensuring that all socio-economic groups are covered in this survey and the vulnerability aspects of everyone is accounted for. Since all the villages have been divided in two parts, i.e., a) Main Village and b) Satellite Village (inhabited by the marginal and most poor people); 72 community schedules were circulated across the 36 villages. A common village schedule was also used in Focused Group Discussion to further supplement the primary data collection. This primary data was supplemented by information about the village from secondary sources. NGOs and voluntary organizations working in the area on flood management were consulted and their experience reviewed. The efficacy of the existing system of information dissemination was gauged at the ground level, supplemented by identification and interaction with other government and private service providers. Conclusions and Recommendations The study evaluated 1) alternate communication modalities (public news media such as print media and All India Radio and television, mobile phone, police wireless network, etc.), ii) reviewed possible community focal points for dissemination and mobilization, and iii) type and content of alert, within the socio-economic context (institutional arrangements, information flow, community structure), and technology (power, computer and Internet penetration and skills, telecommunication) constraints in the focus area. Field survey indicated that in the main village about 70 % of respondents owned radio, while ownership for TV and mobile is 31 and 44 %, with ownership in the satellite village at 45 %, 12 % and 15 %. Landline connectivity is very poor. Due to power problems battery operated radio is a common sight. Most respondents repoted radio as a main source of external news. The infrastructure for community outreach is very weak, with computer and internet penetration almost non-existent in the surveyed households. Currently all district headquarter offices are computerized, and connected to the State headquarters with broadband. Their use is generally very limited, due to poor computer skills. The situation at block level is even weaker. Under ongoing Governmental schemes all Block Resource Centres have been provided computers, but remain unutilized due to lack of skills, erratic power supply, and other factors. Though in principle most blocks can access Internet through dial-up connectivity at a maximum speed of 50 kbps, in none of surveyed blocks this is happening. Significant infrastructure improvements are expected in the future, with many proposed Government initiatives and in the private sector due to overall economic development of the State. Under the Draft IT Policy 0[2008 the state government aims to create world class IT infrastructure and connectivity for e-Governance linking its offices from the State HQs down to districts and blocks; to ensure connectivity for panchayati raj instttutions; to facilitate setting up of broadband digital networks and encourage National Long Distance Operators (NLDOs) to build robust fiber optic network in the State; efforts are afoot for connecting all the departmental offices across Bihar to the nearest Bihar State Wide Area Network (BSWAN) PoP through Horizontal Connectivity. The 20 Bharath Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) indicated that of the current strength of their 1200 exchanges across the state roughly 250 to 275 are covered through broadband connectivity and in the next six months it is planned to bring additional 500 exchange under broadband connectivity, thus covering more than three-fourth of the total exchange, Apart from this the BSNL-Bihar has also launched Data-One services that will provide broadband internet connection in the form of data-card. It is important to note here that Reliance, Airtel and Tata-Indicom are already providing the facility of data card/modems, however supporting connectivity only to a maximum speed of 256 kbps with average speed much lower. The current communication system is highly inadequate to reach out the affected people, suffering from last mile connectivity to the vulnerable communities. In the absence of a well structured system of information flow the communities have evolved an indigenous and informal mechanism, particularly in the area bordering Nepal. Many people living in these areas share marital as well as other socio-economic relations with the people living in Nepal. Their own telephonic communications with such associates and relatives keep them informed about the levels of danger from the rivers originating in Nepal. The radio news transmitted by OXFAM GB located in Janakpur in Nepal with a reach in majority of the places in the focus area and also the flood news broadcast by All India Radio (AIR) were able to alert people in some ofthe cases. This study explored alternate community nodes and communication networks, within the current infrastructure and socio-economic context, for effective dissemination of community based alerts. The study has identified voice or text (in graphical format) alert through mobile and police network, awareness building through AIR, use of community level institutions (postal service and Aanganwadi Sevikas), groups and individuals (NGOs, Village-level Disaster Preparedness Committees, Panchayat Sevaks and SHG's). Though PRI functionaries were rated high by the respondents for information on government schemes and welfare activities, Anganwadi Sevikas came a close second, and scored even better in the poorer satellite villages. Airtel seems to be the dominant mobile service provider (75 %) followed by BSNL and Reliance networks. Efforts are underway to reach to an understanding with all of these on the possible modes through which they can carry the alerts provided to them by the cell and other logistic aspects. The police wireless network has penetration at every village level and contact with a number of people in every village and has the ability to work in most extreme conditions. The postal service, Aanganwadi Sevikas, Village-level Disaster Preparedness Committees, Panchayat Raj Institutional functionaries and Self Help Groups (SHG's) would be the potential community nodes to receive the flood alert and to mobilize follow-up action. The field survey indicates that roughly 70 percent of these potential information carriers are already equipped with mobiles. The content of the alert has to be, short (not exceeding 10 words or 100 characters), simple and direct, be in Hindi, and ideally graphical to be comprehensible to the illiterate user. These alerts should not be couched in technical terms, for example, release of water in cusec and measuring water flow in depth. The sample survey indicated that verbal messages are more effective than the SMS, and may need to be free or subsidized. 21 , 7. Training and Stakeholder Workshops Training Five FMISC staff has received hands-on training in digital image processing and GIS tcchniques at NRSA and at Centre for Spatial Infonnation and Technology in Hyderabad. The external training has been enhanced through in-house training by contract remote sensing and GIS professionals recruited to the Cell. Initial training on FMIS application software has been provided by NRSA in January 2008 after implementation of second version of software in FMISC office, and would be followed by third training after final implementation before project closure. Training on flood forecast modeling and hydrologic network design would be provided by the respective Consultants before project closure. Stakeholder Workshops Stakeholder workshops targeting the key GoB agencies (WRD, DytD and Agriculture) have been designed for better institutional awareness and preparedness. The workshops aim to support effective use of FMIS generated infonnation products by the departmental units at different hierarchical levels for effective emergency flood management. The consultant interacted, based on a sampling strategy, with the agencies at multiple hierarchical levels to understand the existing institutional hierarchy, infonnation and decision flow, communication networks, reporting modaHties from field fonnations and hierarchical level flood management functions. Detailed training plan and training material were prepared for use in the stakeholder workshops conducted in I I districts during April 2008 by the WRD,s Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI). The district level workshops were preceded by a TOT training and State level workshop in WALMI in Patna. A Directory has been prepared of key department offices to which flood infonnation products would be sent. The use ofNGOs for awareness generation in the focus area was explored. Approach to Planning Stakeholder Workshops The planning of workshops started with an interaction with the functionaries associated with flood management in the three key departments of WRD, DMD and Agriculture, which helped in identifying the existing mechanism for flood related infonnation dissemination at various levels in the state. Actual functioning of the existing institutional hierarchy, infonnation and decision flow, communication networks, reporting modalities from field fonnations and hierarchical level flood management functions was reviewed through field visits to one Chief Engineer zone out of the six such zones in North Bihar, in the WRD context. Sitamarhi district in Muzaffarpur Chief Engineer zone was selected for field work for detailing the functioning of DMD and Agriculture departments at various levels. The existing institutional mechanism through which flood related infonnation and decision flow from the district, block and village levels was reviewed., .. Workshop Implementation 22 Training of Trainers: One day Training of Trainers (TOT) of 14 Resource Persons, selected from among the members of academic faculty of WALMI, was organized at WALMI on March 21,08, to equip Resource Persons with knowledge about FMIS, and FMIS products and their utility in emergency flood management. Master Trainers from the FMIS Cell and the workshop planning consultant trained the TOT trainers. At the end of the training the trainers were aware of the significance of flood management in the broader context of disaster management, understood the application and utility of FMIS information products in flood management. A folder containing resource materials (hardouts, write-up maps and charts etc.) was given to each Trainer to be used as ready reference during down-the-line stakeholders workshops. Stakeholders Workshops at State Level: The Workshop was organized by WALMI in WALMI Campus on May 16, 08, and inaugurated by Minister for Water Resources, GoB, and chaired by Secretary, WRD. Sixty three officers from the three departments of WRD, Agriculture and DMD participated. District level Workshops: District, sub-division and Block level officials of Agriculture and DMD and Divisional and sub-divisional level engineers of WRD participated in the half-day session earmarked for each department. Around 400 field level officials of the three key departments were trained. The seven WALMI teams, each comprising two trained resource persons, conducted the district level workshops on fixed dates and venues in each district between April I to 30, 2008 (Table 4) . Feedback from the workshops indicated specific areas for improving the utility of FM,IS information products. Table 4. Schedule of District level Workshops SI. Date District No. of SI. Date District No. of No. Partcipants No. Partcipants 1. 1-2 April Saharsa 42 6. 8-9 April Begusarai 35 2. 3-4 April Supaul 39 7. 10-11 April Khagaria 41 3. 3-4 April Darbhanga 41 8. 16-17 April East 51 Champaran 4. 3-4 April Muzaffarpur 45 9. 16-17 April Sitamarhi 17 5. 8-9 April Sheohar 21 10. 16-17 April Samastipur 43 11. 29-30 April Madhubani 33 23 8. Improved Flood Foree...1 Modeling 111( complu flood Tegime in the focu. an: .. in which tJoods are causal by I multiplin mD:>- saul< Of ~ models _~ """"",,,;n 0_".,...,. ofbo ~" to natural inputs as well as the manmade interventions on water and sediment yields in un-gauged catchments. The model (a) is physically based; (b) uses readily available inputs; (c) is computationally efficient to operate and (d) is continuous time and capable of simulating long periods for computing the effects of management changes. The major advantage of the SWAT model is that unlike the other conventional conceptual simulation models it does not require much calibration and therefore can be used on ungauged watersheds. Decadal data on river stage/discharge and rainfall, including hourly rainfall and stage data for selected stonns, have been procured from IMD and Central Water Commission (CWC) for model development, since daily data has been found inadequate to simulate the basin response. An SRTM based DEM has been developed to develop drainage details, flow directions, flow accumulation, sub-basin units, slope, etc. for use in model development. The process model would use soil and land use infonnation produced in another consultancy. The model, or suite of models applicable in different portions of river system, wi1l be validated using historical data, and implemented in FMISC office in Patna. The model forecasts will be dynamically integrated in the FMIS knowledge base. Model integration of observed rainfa1l and water level in Nepal portion of north Bihar river basins in real-time, currently not available to FMIS, would enhance the forecast lead time. The planned approach would also consider the output of the Meso-scale MM5 model or global climate models of India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the pilot area in the fonn of precipitation forecasts of up to 3 days for fonnulating the flood forecasts and mapping expected inundation. Global sources of rainfall estimates and forecasts are also to be evaluated for possible model integration. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) supplied customized three-day rainfall forecast at 45 km grid spacing and 6 hourly interval under an MOD (covering the whole of Nepal and the entire north Bihar) in 2007 flood season, and plans to upgrade to 5 km grid spacing in the 2008 flood season. Initial validation of 3 day forecast for selected periods in 2007 monsoon season indicates need for further improvement in regard to location, time and duration of heavy rainfall events. IMD expects improvements in model accuracy and reliability with use of improved models, computing capacity and increase in spatial resolution. Integration of medium tenn rainfall forecasts in the flood forecast model will further improve the lead time. Development of flood forecast model in Bagmati basin has been delayed due to delayed supply of hourly rainfall data from IMD and hourly stage data by CWC. It is expected that a prototype model may be available by project closure. Alternate inundation mapping approaches based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models using variables including observed or forecasted rainfall and river stage in the upstream basin, embankment breach, and inundation extent was explored in the absence of close-contour topographic data 7 . This initiative however had to be dropped since historic inundation maps were not available from National Remote Sensing Agency prior to project closure. 7 Close-contour survey planned in next phase ofFMlS 25 9. Upgrading Flood Management Manuals Objectives Existing flood manuals in the key Bihar agencies are being updated under a consultancy contract, to integrate FMJS information products with departmental decision-making process and incorporating in flood management plans and manuals etc. The main objectives are: To review the existing manuals and action plans of the three key departments i.e. Water Resource (WRD), Disaster Management (DMD) and Agriculture (DOA), and to identify the prescribed flood management related information flow prior to, during and post-flood season. IdentifY the flood management related information currently used, and indicate how FMIS can enhance information content and timeliness. IdentifY nodal units within each key departments who should be receiving the flood information from FMISC, and revise the manuals and action plans for actions to be taken on receipt of alert, reporting feedback on action taken , structuring information flow within the institution , performing end-of-season evaluation of FMIS product use, and offering suggestions for further improvement. Conduct stakeholders' workshops to discuss possible revisions. Prepare a supplementary (in Hindi and in English) to the manuals and action plans for adoption by concerned key departments. Methodology To achieve the objectives of the present assignment both primary and secondary data sources have been explored. This starts by reviewing the available literature on flood situation in Bihar and its management. The flood forecasting components (including the product quality, dissemination methodology and utility of the product etc.) has been given due consideration, while doing this preliminary literature survey. This helps in identifYing the problem associated with flood management in the state and suggested solutions by different authorities. Based on this preliminary assessment of the situation, the government documents available with main key departments have been reviewed to understand the existing mechanism of flood management and identifying the key gaps. Based on this information bank compiled through secondary data analysis, including literature survey, the primary information has been gathered through interaction, interviews, focus group discussions (FGDs) etc. Secondary Data Collection To have the first hand idea about flood management system prevailing in Bihar, available secondary information/data have been collected before and during the field activities. The main source ofthe secondary data information have been as follows- 26 • The research papers/ articles/ research thesis available in public and college libraries. (Number of studies have been carried out regarding the flood situation in the state by many scholars). This literature has been very informative and helped in identifying the actual need of the community to manage the floods in more effective manner and also the kind of products it all requires. The main source of such information were- from Sinha Library, Patna; Khudababsh Library, Patna; Patna University Library, Patna; National Institute of Technology- Patna, Library, Patna and also the documentation centres of the key departments. • The internet exploration has been other main source of collecting secondary information. The web sites of main institutions (national and international both) dealing with flood management were explored to get most update information. The main emphasis has been on websites of different state disaster management departments, where quality work was carried out in the field of flood management. • The CWC and IMD are the main role players, as far as the flood forecasting is concerned. During the first phase of data compilation, a detail analysis was carried out of information available with these institutions,. This helped in understanding the flood information flow system at national and regional level and plan of action of these focal departments to update/ modernise the existing system. The state level offices of these departments were also contacted for getting some other relevant information. • At state level there are three main role players/ users of flood forecasting information i.e. Department of Disaster Management (DMD), Water Resource Department (WRD) and the Agriculture Department. The manuals/ action plans and other information available with them, (mainly related to flood forecasting information dissemination methodology), and utility by the user groups- including the community were analysed and efforts made to identify the gaps. Primary Data Collection With this basic information in hand, the process of primary data compilation initiated. This process concentrated on the objective of the FMIS project and specifically on assignment objectives. The main objective of the primary datal information compilation is to confirm / cross check the findings of secondary data and enrich this with the primary information input. The specific objectives of this exercise have been- • To identify the needs of the user group in flood forecast- This includes the needs of state level main line government departments and district administration (including various district and local level government departments i.e. agriculture, forestry, urban development, police, fire brigade), Community Based Organisations(CBOs) etc., and the community. • To identify gaps in the existing flood forecast system i.e. information available and actual need and its utility- The information for flood forecast is used by various groups for different purposes. But in most of the cases this information generated is not of much use, because it is not translated in the form it is needed 27 by that particular sectionl group. The primary data colIection emphasises to know these gaps, so that appropriate strategy may be suggested to make the final product of more practical utility. • Identify gaps in the communication Idissemination of the forecast- The present system of compiling raw input information for weather forecast and dissemination final product to the user does not seem to be very effective and of much use. There seems to be many gaps in the existing system of communication of flood forecast. Efforts have been made to pin point these gaps by gathering relevant information through interviews, discussions and meetings with different stake holders and user groups. The relevant information has been collected both from state level and regional/ local level groups. In order to ensure the participation of the different stakeholders, various options were used consisting mainly of - Interviews, Meetings, Focus Group Discussion etc. • Transact Walk and Physical Observations To have the first hand idea about the pilot sites, the visit were made to the selected areas before starting the actual process of data collection.. During these visits, informal discussions were held with cross sections of people from the areas. • Focus Group Discussion (FGD) The method Focus group discussion (FGD) were used to involve a large number of grass root people who have practical experiences to face the floods. The larger number of stakeholders, as well as geographical location covered under this method. • Meetings Number of meetings held mainly with the concerned officials of the key departments ( i.e. Disaster Management, Agriculture and Agriculture Departments) to discuss various issues related to flood forecasting and its dissemination. • Key Informant Interview (KIf) While carrying out the above exercise, different sections of the community were made representative. Special attention was paid to the most vulnerable groups and their specific needs in context of flood forecast. The main resources for the primary information collection have been- I. The policy makers at state level- Including the Central Water Commission(CWC), India Meteorological Department(IMD), Department of Disaster Management (DMD) , Agriculture Department, and Water Resource Department(WRD) officials. The interviews were conducted mainly with the middlel level officials, who are dealing with the information compilation, generation and dissemination. 2. The NGOs and CBOs- In Bihar, number of good NGOs ( both national and international) are working for flood mitigation and response. The key persons of such NGOs, dealing with flood management were interviewed to identify the real 28 needs and problems in flood forecast information generation, dissemination and use. In the changing administrative scenario, the Panchayats and other CBOs have to play a very effective role in all aspects of activities, including the floods management. The panchayats and other main Community Based Organisations (CBOs) members were consulted to give their suggestion for making the flood forecasting system more effective and user friendly. 3. District and local level Administration- In the present set up of Disaster Management, the District Magistrate is the nodal person to look after the disaster management. The real problems faced by district administration in using the flood forecast were tried to be explored by discussion with officials dealing with the issue. Necessary issues about the communication and dissemination of the forecast information were also discussed. Analysis The information compiled both from secondary as well as primary data were analysed in perspective of the assignment's expected out put i.e. updating the flood management manuals/ action plans (focussing mainly on- identifying needs of the user groups, the gaps/ shortcomings in the existing flood forecast system and its dissemination and utility for the user groups). Along with identifying the gaps, the analysis also took care of the options to fill these gaps so that the real need of the customer groups are fulfilled in appropriate manner and in right time. The analysis was continuously discussed with the FMIS team, including other consultants undertaking complementary studies. Following the analysis and necessary feed back, extensive flow charts were prepared discussing organisational structure in flood management, the flood information flow, action taken at various steps and feed back mechanism. While making these suggestions/ recommendations; special attention was given to the availability of the final expected product! flood alerts of the FMISC. Necessary suggestions/ recommendations were made to make the mechanism of flood forecast information flow (starting from generation point to the end user) more effective and user friendly. Necessary suggestions are made to update the flood management manuals / action plans of the three line departments so that the information flow is more smooth and quick. These suggestions also include, wherever necessary, the changes in the institutional framework. The suggestions and different options for the key departments were discussed with the main concerned officials of the departments and necessary feed back are received. Outcome Supplementary to the manual of each key GoB department has been prepared in Hindi, covering actions to be taken on receipt of flood alerts in different phases of flood hazard, feedback from the key departments to FMIS for continued fine-tuning of information products, and archival of relevant flood impact data within agencies and transmission to FMISC for updating flood hazard characterization. Nodal points in the key agencies have been identified to receive and disseminate the FMIS products within each agency, and to build capacity of the key personals in the departments. 29 10. Plan for Upgrading Hydrologic Measurements and Telemetry Overview A consultancy study is evaluating existing data collection networks and proposed plans to suggest improvements in hydrologic observation network and communication modalities to improve time-effective ground measurements and reporting, and enhance forecast reliability and lead-time. Existing network covers state agency operated rain gauge and stage/discharge sites as well as those operated by central agencies. Existing and proposed hydrologic data collection and flow from Nepal portion of river basins would also be considered. Upgrade requirements (spatial and temporal coverage and time-effective reporting) would address optimal rainfall and flood forecast model requirements. Satellite telemetry and other alternate communication modalities will be evaluated. The report on optimal observation network (location, type, observation frequency, etc) and telemetry (type, transmission frequency, time of transmission, etc), along with a first-cut cost estimate, will enable planning implementation in the subsequent phases ofFMIS. Methodology The Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) DEM of 90 meter resolution was used to delineate the basins and generate the drainage network. The data processing and analysis was carried out in IL WIS software. The first step was to place the rain gauge stations received from different sources (CWC, DSO and Nepal-India Flood forecasting Plan 2003) at their respective spatial locations; this was achieved by creating a table with the rain gauge and their latitude-longitude. Further this table was used to create spatial point map showing the rain gauge locations. Interpolation technique was applied to develop Thiessen polygons for the point location of the various rain gauge stations, which gave the weights and area of influence for each rain gauge locations. WMO recommends a minimum density of one rain gauge for every 575 Sq. Km. for f1at regions and 250 Sq. km. for mountainous regions. The optimal network of rain gauges was identified based on these recommendations. This analysis was undertaken separately for each of the three systems. Ordinary rain gauges already exist in the three river systems. The sites have been identified keeping in mind the access by a vehicle. These stations are chosen to identify the minimum network. Stations which reduce the density below the recommended value are eliminated provided they do not increase the inf1uencing area of the adjacent stations. It is recommended that Automatic Recording telemetric rain gauges (Micro processor based) be set up at these stations and data from the stations be made available to the forecast model. The influencing area of some of the stations is higher than the WMO recommended values. Once the rainfall runoff models are identified, calibrated and are operational, more rain gauges to reduce the influencing area be sct up to reduce the error in the determination of average input to the model. 30 Pia 7. River n ... i", in Focus Area fu, upgrading Hydrologic Netwo,k Cum:pt ilaWi ofobgrnljon udwgrk JIld dl1A I!JmmjujoD lbe two COrDJ>O"enlf of u.. obrOlogical ""tw<>O;c and the bydroloj:ioai network. The data requi~t depend. 9ft the use of ob&ervo:! data for hydrologio analysis. os for in,tance !be mquiremenll by the forecaslen to convert !be inf<>rrn3lion available from the network to formulate tile yield or peak flow fOTCC&SIII. PNSently. ewe iisu •• fureculS i.n Ibe foou. area 011 the basi. of Gauge to gauge C91Telationllooaxiai correlation graphs. "The lead time for thcx forecuu whicll i. 8 to 2.( boun, <:Iq)(nds on the I!Jvel time of the flood .....ve to the forecast .tation from !be ne.tUt mriOll ustd .. a dependent variable ill me ooruJa.tioo. ewe maintains wi",1ess IJI&tiOI1l for C9mn1unie.ting dota {ralnfan, gllllg., urly rt.age obonYation. from sell(:! hydrometry sites .,., ttansmined in near Real time throuah Wi ... leisfl"e1ephonelMe....llg.... Though some Self ftICOI"ding rain gaugeo(SRG'.) exi" in the focus area but none of the installed SRG's were functional as per the 2006 appraisal report of ewe. Though a few automated rainfall gauges are maintained by IMD the data is transmitted with delay. The adequacy of current network to capture rainfall and runoff variability across the basin has been evaluated using the WMO guidelines and analysis of concurrent hydrologic data, and a minimum network recommended. The desirable network eliminates stations which cover less than 250 Sq.Km in hilly portion and less than 575 Sq. Km. in plain portion. The desirable network gives priority to stations which are already functioning as non-recording raingauges in Nepal, IMD/eWe stations in India and DSO stations in Bihar. WMO recommendations are used and the sites for non- recording rain gauges are analyzed to obtain the network for each basin. In some cases the area nearest to the rain gauge is more than the WMO recommended area for plains and hills. In these cases additional rain gauges need to be provided to reduce the influencing area. The network design has been discussed with the modeling group at lIT Delhi. It emerges from the discussion that the proposed network would be suitable for the modeling work provided these gauges are updated to ARGs (Automatic rain gauge stations) and hourly data are available in real time at the forecast centers. The requirement by IMD for assimilation in the rainfall forecast model is observed data at 50 Km grid points. The real time observed data can be analyzed to obtain the interpolated values at 50Km grid points .. The proposed sites are easily accessible as non- recording rain gauge stations are already functioning at the proposed sites. Once the models are calibrated to issue the forecast, the xx steps in section 4 of the report can be used to define key stations where two sensors can be provided to improve the availability of data if one of the sensors malfunctions. This can only after the models start functioning in the area. ewe flood forecasting manual defines the criteria of choosing Gauge and Gauge- Discharge stations in Indian basins. The stations chosen by ewe and agreed to in the Nepal-India Plan 2003 are recommended. ewe is currently using wireless for transmission of rainfall and water level data. Three networks are used for the purpose: ewe Wireless network, Customs and central Excise Deptt. Wireless network, and Bihar Police Wireless network In addition telephone, telegrams and special messenger is used to transmit the information. The observation systems are still manual in the focus area and depend on the ewe communication network for daily raingauge information to develop synoptic charts. Synoptic approach is normally used by the IMD offices to develop Quantitative Precipitation forecasts. National center for medium range weather forecast centre on the other hand uses sophisticated models such as MM5 for Medium range forecasts. MM5 Model for issuing QPF in the focus area is also presently operational and daily forecasts up to three days are being issued by IMD New-Delhi. ewe is in the process of Modernization of Flood forecasting Network in the Xl th Plan. The modernization envisages satellite based transmission system from automatic raingauge and water level sensors . It is expected that by the end of eleventh five year 32 plan there will be about 1415 telemetry stations covering most of the basins in India. In phase one which is proposed to be implemented during 2008-2009, two forecasting base stations are proposed to be updated in Bagmati, two in Adwara group and two in Burhi Gandak . In the XI the plan two staions each in Bagmati and Adhwara Group and 4 in Burhigandak are proposed to be installed. The commission also plans to integrate the data collection and transmission system with that of the state govemmentsIProject authorities. The Lower Ganga Basin Organization of ewe is developing a mathematical model ( Mike-II) IMD plans to install 550 Automatic weather stations and 1350 Automatic rain gauges in the country. Some of these stations will be in the focus area and can be used in conjunction with realtime forecasting models to formulate forecasts. The likely approach for Transmission is through INS AT ( Time Division Multiple Excess )TDMA Technolgy. All ( Data relay transponders) DRT channels in INSAT are administered by IMD .. The existing real-time flood forecasting systems, which generate the most reliable forecasts, are sophisticated, use real-time data as input, and are expensive. These systems use automatic recording rain gauges for measuring rainfall. Data can be transmitted from a remote site to a central base station through several available communication systems. The choice of the appropriate communication system depends on factors such as the size of the watershed, the time of data transmission, and the costs. The consultant has estimated the rough cost of two master stations, software and 168 ARG's, and the other accessories including civil works, training and 10% spares at Rs. 100 to 120 million (US $ 2.5 to 3). 33 11. Operational Flood Mapping in 2007 Monsoon Season The detailed protocol for FMISC operations prior to, during and post-monsoon season and in nonnal period was developed prior to the 2007 flood season. The protocol called for effective flood watch each day, with review of rainfall forecasts, reported rainfall, water levels (current, trend and forecasted) and ground reports received from different agencies. Procedures for 1'.'RSA interaction, additional satellite data acquisition, processing and dissemination were implemented. Staff schedule for 7 day-week operations was put in place, and necessary facility support for un-interrupted power supply was ensured. First Flood Map: The first flood episode in 2007 flood season occurred in the Bagmati basin, due to over-topping along a length of 60 m at about 47.3 km along the Bagmati Left embankment near Pachnuar village, which was reported at midnight of 15 June. Subsequent field reports indicated that extensive areas in four blocks in Muzzaffarpur and Sitamarhi districts were inundated. The first cloud-free satellite data was available from IRS ID satellite's Linear Imaging Self Scanning (LISS) III sensor coverage of 17 June 2007, and was ordered by FMISC, generated by NRSA Data Centre in 6 hours and uploaded to its ftp server, and downloaded in Patna through the high speed intemet connectivity in FMISC. The satellite data was processed ovemight, and the inundation map and statistics of viIIages affected in each of four blocks were generated (Annexure 4). These were provided to the Disaster Management Department in the State and used for appraising the Chief Minister. Subsequently, FMISC received the inundation maps produced from RADARS A T data of 20 June on 22 June 2007.Inundation map based on satellite data of 17 June 2007, two days after flooding, indicated about 1,25,444 ha affected in four blocks in the two districts. Water had not evacuated from about 31,468 ha even 5 days after flooding .. The first flood episode was analyzed to draw lessons and to tighten up the protocols of data flow between different stakeholders, and within FMISC, and follow-up actions for flood monitoring. Dissemination and Outreach: Twenty six flood inundation maps were produced in the 2007 flood season, and disseminated by email to focal officers in Water Resources, Disaster management and Agriculture departments, and District Magistrates of affected districts (Annexure 5). The Department of Agriculture is regularly collecting flood information through a Nodal Officer appointed for liaison with FMISC for use in contingency planning. The Disaster Management department is also receiving on request the rainfall Forecast in the form of daily e-bulletin published from FMISC through fax on daily basis. The District Magistrates and Special District Magistrates in charge of flood management are receiving the daily bulletin which is used for better ground preparedness. The inundation maps and statistics have been used in Chief Minister's Aerial Survey of flood affected areas, as well as used by DMD for appraising the Chief Minister on the flood status. Special District Magistrate, Darbhanga requested for positional verification of specified places for air-dropping of relief materials, which was provided by FMISC, Bihar based on inundation maps. The inundation maps have also been field validated by FMISC teams. 34 Seasonal flood maps have been generated, based on individual flood maps, showing the maximum extent of inundation (Annexure 6), frequency and duration of inundation, impact of embankment breach, and sustenance of breach plugging, etc have been generated. An Annual Report describing flood events in 2007 season has been produced. Six e-Bulletins in English and in Hindi languages and at monthly frequency have been issued by the FMIS Cell (Annexure 7). Daily bulletins describing the past, current and predicted hydrologic status have been regularly issued in the 2007 flood season (Annexure 8). 35 12. Next Steps Preparing for 2008 Flood Season With the closure of World Bank assisted FMIS Phase I project closing on June 30, 08 the WRD of GoB would be sustaining the project operations in 2008 flood season (June 15- Oct 15, 08) with its funds. Sanction has been provided for additional staff and systems for two-shift operations during the flood season. Operational protocol for FMIS operation has been updated for 2008 season. Funds for need-based satellite data has also been sanctioned. FMIS Phase II The second and next phase of FMIS is planned at an estimated outlay of about US $ 3.03 millions (Rs.l3.11 crores), with the following inter-related elements: a) develop a comprehensive Embankment Management Information System (EMIS) to sustain protection in select priority river basins; b) upgrade knowledge base on flood hazard and extend to all flood prone districts of North Bihar, c) upgrade timely and appropriate flood information generation and delivery systems for better institutional and community preparedness in selected river basins; d) Improve community participation and outreach, and e) facilitate sharing of international knowledge and experience in developing appropriate FMIS (Annex 9). The strategy in Phase II would be to build upon the achievements in the earlier phase, with expanded geographic coverage and technical enhancements. Horizontal expansion would vary with the sub-component. Table 5. Geographic Coverage ofFMIS Phase II Components Component Geographic coverage 1.1 Expansion of Whole north spatial database Bihar i 1.2 Surveys Bagmati basin Bagmati, Kamla and Burhi Gandak basins Bagmati, Kamla and Burhi Gandak basins 1.4 Improved Bagmati, Kamla predictive models and Burhi Gandak basins -- Bagmati basin Bagmati, Kamla, BurhiGandal and Gandak rivers 1.5 Embankment Management System Bagmati, Kamla and Burhi Gandak basins 2.1 Strengthening community outreach, Bagmati basin J,;Tound data collection/reporting 2.2 Community participation for Pilot in Bagmati embankment protection basin 36 , 13. FMIS outputs, outcomes and sustainability Outputs in the first phase of FMIS are a functional FMIS, issuing time-effective and targeted information products, customized for key government agencies, for improved flood management; increased lead-time of warning from current 8 to 24 hours to 3 days for better ground preparedness; spatial warning of expected flood inundation, hitherto not available, for locale specific emergency management; increased awareness of stakeholders and institutionalization through updated flood manuals to promote effective use; improved information dissemination through institutional linkages, website and community outreach; and follow-up with key agencies to sustain FMIS operation. The project outcomes are improved flood management preparedness of key agencies (Water Resources Department, Disaster management department and Agriculture department), and improved flow of critical flood information, resulting in reduced flood damage to society. The critical agreement with NRSA, IMD and other national agencies, achieved after extensive interaction, would lead to sustainability of FMIS after the Bank withdrawal. Mainstreaming within WRD is already under way, with frequent interaction between FMISC and the Flood Monitoring office ofWRD, and by providing services to WRD for planning/strengthening flood management schemes. The demand for services by stakeholders at state headquarters and at district level is continuing which is a positive sign. Allocation of funds by WRD for continued upgrading and operation of FMIS, and demonstrated use in flood management by key agencies would indicate sustainability in the short-terms. Mainstreaming FMIS within WRD, including integration in flood manual and associated actions, demand for upgrading FMIS and continued demand from key agencies would indicate medium term sustainability. Long-term sustainability would be indicated by integration in national systems, specific budget allocation, and seamless integration with all key agencies. Currently the WRD proposes to convert the FMIS under Plan budget, demonstrating its commitment for sustainability in the short and medium term. Mainstreaming of FMISC is being facilitated through regular interaction with the Flood Monitoring office in WRD and presentations to WRD staff and providing analysis support on request for t100d management functions. FMIS information products were demanded by the key agencies both at headquarter level and in field offices, and used in flood management. 8In a telling demonstration of sustainability, after closure of World Bank TA by June 30, 08, the WRD has allocated funds to continue operation ofFMIS during the 2008 flood season. 37 I Rihar Water Resollrl'es Information Sv.dem I Flood Management Information System I ... I FMISI FMIS2 FMIS 3 FMIS4 Flood hazard Improved flood preparedness and f'lood hazard Integrated characterization & community participation mitigation Flood emergency Response management I Key Outcomes I .... I - Improved Flood Knowledge Base - Flood Characterization in all flood-prone - Flood forecasting, warning, and -FMIS upgraded to covering II most flood-prone districts, districts completed community participations extended to Water Resources and Analysis system implemented - Embankment management improved in whole flood prone area Information System -New Community Outreach Bagmati and Kamla Basin including -Risk and vulnerability assessment for improved drainage, mechanisms designed Adhwara Group of rivers conducted (in the short- medium-Iong- flood and irrigation - Dissemination Protocols adopted - Flood preparedness improved with timely term including impact of climate management (information products, website, warning system operational in Bagmati, change) and flood management -Community based institutional mechanisms, public news Kamla and Burhi Gandak basins options planned flood management media, cell phone, etc) - Community participation strengthened, -Flood management improved, with implemented -Improved short-term flood with targeted two-way communication, real time data collection, analysis and -Regional knowledge preparedness (updated flood manual, community based data collection, dissemination base for flood community participation) community training, protection and -Community preparedness enhanced, management in the - Improved observation network and monitoring embankments, etc. in the five with customized alerts based on very Himalayan basins telemetry planned priority river basins large scale databases implemented -Improved flood forecasts and -Dissemination and use of information -Regional flood knowledge base -Regional flood innovative inundation modeling with products strengthened in all flood-prone planned for all (Himalayan) river management plans and improved rainfall forecast districts. basins in north Bihar developed -Innovative inundation data collection systems implemented, including unmanned aerial vehicles, Airborne SAR system, etc Annexure lao FMIS Development Framework ·Outcomes Bihar Water Resources Information System Flood Management Information System FMISI FMIS2 FMIS 3 FMIS4 Flood hazard Improved flood preparedness and Flood hazard Integrated characterization & community participation mitigation Flood emergency Response management Key Outputs - Flood Knowledge Base covering -Improved knowledge base covering all flood-prone - Flood forecasting, inundation districts, improved analysis system, computing and modeling, surveys, floodwarning, -Upgraded FMIS to 11 districts and Analysis system Water Resources communication systems, and community participation -Dissemination mechanisms and - Close-contour topographic survey, embankment systems and protocols covering Information System products (information products, survey, river survey, flood plain gauging, etc. along the whole flood prone area for improved drainage, website, institutional mechanisms, Bagmati and Kamla Basin including Adhwara Group. -Risk and vulnerability assessment flood and improved public news media, cell phone, etc) - Embankment management system (including (in the short- medium-long-term irrigation management knowledge base and tools for planning of embankment including impact of climate -Community based - Community Outreach Plan rehabilitation, construction on new embankments and change) and flood management - Updated Floods manuals flood management maintenance, etc) Bagmati and Kamla Basin including options -Plan for improved observation system and protocols Adhwara Group. -Real time hydrologic data - Improved flood forecast and inundation models and collection, analysis and -Regional knowledge network and telemetry warning system (including improved rainfall/climate dissemination base including - Improved flood forecasts models updating mechanisms forecast, modeling river trend, modeling embankment -Customized community alerts and innovative inundation breach and impact, and fully interactive website) in based on very large scale databases for flood management modeling with and improved Bagmati, Kamla and Burhi Gandak rivers. -Regional flood knowledge base in the Himalayan rainfall forecast model -Improved community outreach systems and protocols, for all river basins in n0l1h Bihar basins with customized two-ways information between -Innovative inundation data -Regional flood communities and embankment protection committees collection systems, including management plans in and WRDIFMIS unmanned aerial vehicles, Airborne SAR system, etc all river basins in north - Dissemination mechanisms and protocols Institutional stakeholders and civil society, stakeholder workshops Bihar and training. Annexure lb. FMIS Development Framework -Outputs 2 Rihar Water Resources Information Svdem _ _--ll 1'---__F_IO_O_d_M_a_n_a_g_e_m_e.,.n_t_I_n_fo_r_m_a_ti_o_n_S_y_s_te_m ... FMISI FMIS2 FMIS 3 FMIS4 Flood hazard Improved flood preparedness and Flood hazard Integrated characterization & community participation mitigation Flood emergency Response management I Key Activities I I I -Collection and analysis of Flood data. - Collection and analysis of Flood data. Flood -Extend flood forecasting, inundation characterization in all flood-prone districts. modeling, surveys, floodwarning, and -Upgrade FMIS to Flood characterization in 11 most - Upgrading analysis system including computing community participation systems and Water Resources flood-prone districts. and communication systems. protocols to whole flood prone area Information System - Development of GIS based Flood - Conduct close-contour topographic survey, -Conduct risk and vulnerability for integrated Analysis system embankment survey, river survey, flood plain assessment (in the short- medium-Iong- drainage, flood and - Design and Implementation of gauging, etc. along the Bagmati and Kamla Basin term including impact of climate irrigation management information products, website, including Adhwara Group ofrivers system change) and develop flood management -Develop and institutional mechanisms, public news - Conduct surveys and develop Embankment options Implement community media, cell phone, etc) management system (including knowledge base and -Implement systems and protocols for tools for planning of embankment rehabilitation, real time hydrologic data collection, based flood - Implementation of consultancies for construction on new embankments and maintenance, analysis and dissemination management system studies on updated flood manual, etc) Bagmati and Kamla Basin including Adhwara -Develop and implement customized and protocols community outreach Group. community alerts, conduct training, and -Implement regional -Procurement of studies for improved - Develop improved flood forecast and inundation hand-hold knowledge base observation network and telemetry models and warning system (including improved -Plan regional flood knowledge base for including updating - Procurement of studies for rainfalVclimate forecast, modeling river trend, all (Himalayan) river basins in north mechanisms for flood Improved flood forecasts and modeling embankment breach and impact, and fully Bihar management in the innovative inundation modeling with interactive website) in Bagmati, Kamla and Burhi -Operationalize innovative inundation Himalayan basins - Conclude agreement with IMD for Gandak rivers data collection systems, including - Develop and implement plans for community unmanned aerial vehicles, Airbome -Develop regional supply of improved rainfall forecast participation, SAR system, etc flood management plans in all river basins in north Rihllr I~--------------------------------~ Annexure lc. FMIS Development Framework -Activities 3 Annex 2. Log frame for proposed activity Narrative Summary Verifiable Indicators Means of Verification Assumptions Goal Timely response and increased Yearly damage report of the Sustained political To improve the institutional capacity of the flood management property, loss of human and commitrnenttothe GoB for delivering better flood effectiveness of the WRD and cattle lives. etc. development and use of management services as a key action for concerned agencies leading to information for operational accelerating agriculture productivity in the reduction of annual purposes North Bihar damages and quality of public expenditure on relief operations Purpose a)Updated information applied a) Statistics of Disaster a) Continuity of policy and Development and implementation of a to a more effective flood Management Department of priorities comprehensive Flood Management management and protection. G.O.B & Disaster b) Timely availability of information system to effectively support b)Institution capacity upgraded Management Authority, funds for developing and flood control and management in the flood for the implementation of a G.O.I. implementing the system. prone areas of Bihar. sustainable flood management b) Institutional capacity c) Access to restricted and drainage control policy assessment. information. Outputs a. FMIS developed and • FMIS developed and The inter-institutional i) Strengthening knowledge Base and Implemented implemented. arrangements for information Analysis. b. Website developed and • Website for Bihar Flood sharing are successfully ii) Dissemination and out reach of operational Information developed and managed in the project operational flood Management d. Updating of flood control operational timeframe. information. Manual. • Flood control manual iii) Improvement of flood preparedness. e. Hydro meteorological data updated for use ofFMIS. iv) Future Flood Management collection policy updated • Plans for the improvement Improvement. hydro meteorological measurements prepared. Activities • Flood Management database 10 FMIS Project Report • Analysis of historical floods and GIS completed • Development of GIS databases • Improved understanding of • Archive for remote sensing and GIS data. flood hazard • Improved modeling. • Review current flood information • Flood management database " Website for Bihar Flood stakeholders, information flow and use updated. Information. arrangements. • Information accessible for all " Bulletins "Review of modern international websites decision makers and for flood management. stakeholders. '" Develop Bihar Flood Information Website. • Develop with stakeholder input of Bulletins (monthly, weekly, for specific events) Ja Review existing flood contingency plans. Ie Updating of Flood po Flood Management I- Update these plans to improve use of Management Response. Contingency Plans. available flood information. Ie Manuals and Flood Manuals and procedures Contingency Plans approved and in use in I- Review existing hydrometerological and po Proposal for improving the r WRD po FMIS Project Report. hydrological network and information flow hydrometerological and " Proposal for the arrangements. hydrological network and improvement of the i" Develop medium-term plans to improve information flow for Bihar information system and flood management infonnation systems in flood management. for hydro meteorological Bihar I- Medium-term plan to improve network flood management information svstem for Bihar Annexure 3. Flood Characterization and Hydrologic Analysis of Focus Area Flood Typology Conventionally the typology of flood management classes is based on flood type, source area, warning time, flood duration and recession, and impact on agriculture. FMISC have identified 4 classes of floods which can be classified as Class I: Flash floods floods from Nepal rainfall, lead time is short (8 hours) in Kamla Balan, recession is fast, Class II: River floods - lead time 24 hours, recession is 1 week or more, Class III: Drainage congestion in river confluence- lead time> 24 hours, lasting full raining season, no Kharif season agriculture Class IV: Permanent water logging - shrinkage in area only in Feb, local rainfall, micro-relief aspects. Floods in River Systems A study has been made to see the flood stages in various river systems during floods in FMISC focus area. It was found that early flood takes place during the month of May-June in River Bagmati, Kosi and river Kamla. There after flood generally comes in River Burhi Gandak month of mid JUly. During these months River Ganga generally remains low but by September River Ganga, the master drain also rises making the f100d problem more acute. A peculiarity of this year's f100d is regarding the river Bagmati in which f100d remained high even during the month of September -October. Flood History Floods have caused devastation and acute human sufferings frequently since the dawn of civilization and man has had to live with f100ds since time immemorial. The impact of f100d was perhaps not felt to the same extent in the past as is felt now. This was due to the fact that there were smaller living population and pressures of industrial activities and other development works in the flood plains was far less compared to the present day activities. The flood problem was accentuated due to ever increasing encroachments on the flood plains by the growing population to meet its requirements of food and fiber. The destruction of forests for reclaiming areas for occupation and for obtaining fuel for domestic requirements had also caused changes in river regime. All these have resulted in an anomalous situation where, in spite of protection measures carried out so far in the State with a substantial investment on flood management works f100d damages have gone on increasing instead of decreasing. A brief summary of flood based on the Water Resourced Department Annual Flood Report in chronological order during (1997-2006) is given as follows: 1997 - During this year rainfall in the catchments of all the river basins was generally normal. Gandak, Kosi, Bagmati and Mahananda rivers experienced floods from first week of JUly. In the mid of July maximum discharge caused tremendous pressure to the embankment/ structures resulting in wide spread damage. Bagmati right embankment at Kothia village, Bagmati afflux bund at Mausurha closure, right embankment of Burhi Gandak at Beria Thoral, Govindpur and Paharpur, Kamla Balan river at 65.5 Km, were partially damaged. Afflux bund and main eastern Kosi embankment were damaged at few places which were protected by undertaking flood fighting works. Besides these few places at Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla and Kosi, river embankments faced severe erosion which was protected by flood fighting works. 1998- In 1998 rainfall started by the first week of July and extended up to end of September. The rainfall was by and large normal but the length of flood period was extended. Maximum discharge in the first week of July in most of the river in North Bihar caused excessive pressure on the embankment along the rivers resulting in damages at several places which were encountered by doing flood fighting works. Burhi Gandak right embankment at Beria Koral, Govindpur, Ahok Ghat Sikhaul, Rampurwa Burhi Gandak Left embankment at Enerwa , Seuri, Aolapur, Mainpurwa, Bagmati right Embankment at Surgahi, Kothia, Mausaura closure bund Bagmati left embankment at ch. lOl-405 near Belsund were partially damaged which were successfully repaired by timely flood fighting. Kamla Balan right embankment at 73.6 km was breached in a length of 15 ft. and at 42.75 km, 65 km were cut by the anti social elements. Also Khiroi embankment at 17, 18, 9.25 km were damaged by anti social elements. Badlaghat Nagar Para embankment at Malpa, Lalpur, Prayani, Karachin Badlaghat embankment at Chatar, Amni, Saidpur were damaged at some places. Adhwara right embankment at ch. 16, left embankment at ch. 140 breached due to high pressure which was controlled by flood fighting works. Right and left Brandi embankment at ch. 165 and 400.75 km. respectively were cut by anti social elements. Eastern Kosi embankment, afflux bund and western embankment at few places were damaged which were protected by flood fighting works. 1999-This year rainfall in June was more than normal rainfall. In July Bagmati basin experienced more than normal rainfall. In August no significant rainfall observed in month of October the rainfall was more than normal rainfall in the focus area. Due to more than normal rainfall the spur in Kosi river experiences threat throughout the flood season. But timely flood fighting kept the river within the embankment. In the Burhi Gandak the right embankment at Suratpur, Sikhaula and at left embankment at Tatitola, Pehsara, Bihulia, Mirzapur, Rajhwara, Bore-Jairam, Satmalpur, Begumpur and Balapur were threaten by flood water but timely flood fighting kept the embankment safe. In Bagmati river right embankment at Kothia and Surgahi site felt high pressure similarly at left embankment at ch. 314 to 329 and ch 397 to 405. Right embankment was kept safe by flood fighting but for the left embankment retire bund was constructed to keep the river safe from flooding the area. In Kamla-Balan right embankment 8 to lO km., 12.7 to 13.5 km and 58.6 km felt high tension and pressure which was overcome by flood fighting. In October due to excessive rainfall 55.5 km the embankment breached in 215 ft length. Same way Kamla-Balan left embankment at 27 km, 31 to 42 km, 44.7 km 46 km 49.6 km 57 km 59.42 to 61.25 km 62 km, 65.4 km 66.6 km, 67.5 km and at 82 km it was under threat which was overcame by flood fighting but the villagers purposely cut at 60 km 63.5 km 65.3 km 78.5 km 82 km and 86.75 km so that they could allow the river to gush in the fertile silt into their field. Buthi-Balan at 8 km the right embankment breached and caused loss to the area. And at left embankment at 16 km. great pressure was overcame by flood fighting. 2000- Bagmati left embankment at chain 273 near village Madhkaul was cut by villagers. Chain 311 near village Madar was breached on 6/8/2000. Again in the last week of September and first week of October at km 11,12,20,35.5 and48 were cut by the villager. Incident of embankment cut have been reported earlier also. This was done to bring silt to raise land by the villagers. Kamla-Balan and Bhuthi-Balan catchments received heavy rainfall during first and last week of July resulting in unexpected rise of water. Slope of Left embankment of Kamla-Balan embankment between km 89-90 in a length of 200 m was damaged. Spur at 2.80 km of Eastern Kosi Afflux Bund was punctured in the night of 4/8/2000 in a length of 20 m and the nose was washed away due to heavy pressure of river. A new nose and Shank was constructed in a length of 563 m and spur was made safe. The spur at km 14.5 was also damaged in half of its length in 2 the night of 2919/2000, expert from head quarter camped at the site and brought under control. Sikarhata Majhari Bund of western Kosi embankment between Km 6-7 was damaged in the night of 13/8/2000 but saved by doing flood fighting work. Heavy pressure on Spur at km 78.30 of Eastern Kosi embankment was overcome by undertaking flood fighting work. 2001- Left bank of river Burhi Gandak at Rampurwa Pulwar, Pakridayal, Enarwa Gaht Mainpunva and right embankment at Bihkhiya, Chakarniya, Bairiya, Koral, and Balochak was experiencing pressure but was saved by timely flood fighting. Burhi Gandak left embankment at 69-70 km at village more the bed wall which was earlier constructed damaged due to heavy local rainfall and pressure over embankment. Burhi Gandak at right embankment at 98-99 km at village Phulwaria anti social element cut the embankment on 17.9.2001. The Right embankment of Bagmati River at Kothia and Surgahi and at left embankment at Kansar embankments were experiencing heavy pressure throughout the entire flood season but were saved by timely flood fighting. No breach in this reach occurred. Western Kosi embankment at Ghoghardiha, Jamalpur embankment at 30.105 km and at Sikhta Manjhari there were pressure over embankment which was safely overcome by timely flood fighting. Western Kosi embankment at 2.25 km the D-part of spur nose was damaged. Bhuthi-Balan right embankment breached due to overtopping at 20.91 Km, 21.01 km, 21.4 km 22 km, and 60.7 km in first week of October. 2002-Kamla Balan left embankment at km 81.20 (Bugras) was cut by villagers in a length of 30 m which increased to 50 ill. Overtopping reported in Kamla Balan left embankment at km 38 at Bhadhuar on 23.7.2002. , at 39 km near Bhadhuar sluice, at 50.5 km near Pipra ghat, 51 km at junction point of rail cum road bridge and embankment and 74.8 km in Asma village on 23.07.02.Kamla Balan right embankment at km 37 near village Banaur and km 64 at village Thengha were cut by villagers, piping and by anti social elements in a length of 30 m which increased to 300 m. Bagmati right afflux bank embankment at ch. 1025 near village Dharampur was cut by the villagers on 23.7.02. Bagmati left embankment near ch. 145 ofSirsia ring bund at 20 to 30 ch and 29 to 32.5 ch the embankment was breached due to overtopping. Bagmati left embankment between ch. 145 to 149 was cut by villagers on 23.702. Kiroi left embankment at 7 km at village Masartharia and 5.25 km near Maasma and Kiroi right embankment at 12 km near Belwara Milki village and at 3 km near Bagwasa village it breached due to overtopping on 24.7.02. Western Kosi embankment at 29 to 30 km below Kasba Bharda was cut by villages at 2 places. 2003- Maximum discharge of 389000 Cusec passed through river Kosi where as discharge in excess of 250000 Cusec passed four times which resulted in continuous pressure on spurs/embankments. This resulted into damage of spurs in western Kosi embankment at 25.57, 15.80 and 15.30 km. On 118/2003 due to high discharge through the river right embankment of Bagmati river at Surgahi site at chain 112-123 breached in 50 ft. which increased to 1100-2000 ft. On 1/8/2003 antisocial elements cut Kamla Balan right embankment at km 66.50 in a length of 50 ft. Status of flood in other rivers except Ganga, Gandak remain normal. In river Ganga the HFL at Bhagalpur surpassed the 1978 record of 34.18 and was 34.20 level and at Patna at Ghandhighat the HFL level of 1994 (50.27) was observed as 50.12 in 2003 due to this heavy flooding in Ganga resulted in damage to the road network in Samastipur district. In river Gandak the maximum discharge 6,69,750 cusecs passed through Valmikinagar barrage on 31.7.03 2004- 2004 flood in the state of Bihar was unprecedented in much respect which proved to be very grave and damaging. Catchments area of North Bihar rivers received heavy rainfall in the first week of July itself which not only broke last three years flood record 3 but also surpassed the 1987 flood year which was the maximum flood producing year. Flood level at Dubbadhar site on river Bagmati surpassed all time high flood level by about 1.18 m. similarly Burhi Gandak river on 15.7.04 and Kamla Balan river on 10.7.04 touched all time high flood level. This it self speaks about the fury of flood in year 2004. Many places in the embankment of North Bihar were breached resulting in flood inundation in a vast area of North Bihar area. Unprecedented flood in river Bagmati, Burhi-Gandak, Kamla and Bhuthi-Balan and Adhwara groups of river breached the embankments at many places and there was loss of life and property in a large scale. In river Kosi situation by and large remained normal and a maximum discharge of 286375 cusecs passed on 10.7.04. 2005 - The flood situation during 2005 was normal in comparison to the devastating flood of 2004. Where there was 63 numbers of breaches during 2004 flood, where as only 8 breaches occurred during the year resulting in flood inundation in Madhubani and Katihar districts only. Left and right embankment of Kamla was breached at seven places during this year. Bhuthi Balan left embankment at km 21.22 and 22.80 was cut by the antisocial elements and due to flash flood embankment was damaged at few places. 2006- The flood situation during 2006 was normal. Where there was 52 numbers of breaches during 2004 flood, this year only 1 breach occurred. Left embankment of Kamla was breached near village Asma at km 75.70 by antisocial elements but fortunately there was no loss of life or property. Flood situation in other places remained normal by and large. Flood Characteristics of Focus Area FMIS focus area comprises of Muzaffarpur, East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Saharsa, Supaul, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Khagaria, Samastipur and Begusarai. A study has been made with the help of data obtained from DMD to see the flood events that took place in the development Blocks of these districts in term of inundation during 1987 to 2006 (20years). A summary of the findings is given below Sl. Name of No. of Blocks No. of Blocks affected No. of Blocks No. Districts affected more 5 to 11 years out of 20 affected less than 5 than 11 years out years years out of 20 of20 years years l. Muzaffarpur 5 5 6 2. East Champaran 2 14 13 3. Sitamarhi including 9 5 4 Sheohar 4. Madhubani 3 12 9 5. Darbhanga 6 10 4 6. Supaul 5 2 5 7. Samastipur 3 5 14 8. Saharsa 5 1 3 9. Begusarai 1 5 10 4 The table indicates that there are as many as 45 blocks of FMIS focus area which are chronically flood affected in terms of flood inundation. 2.9 Loss Of Public Property In Last lOY ears Year Number of Affected I House Damaged Public Property Deaths I i (in Lac) Area (in Lac. ha.) "0 S\, Total Value (in Damaged ( ! '" ~ Rs. Lac.) I in Rs. Lac.) I~ , 13 '" S\, E '" "'"" ..s :2 ::: ~ .': ;; a "0 Ii Q C. C '" -;,; is C!l ;;; ]'" 2 u t: " 13"§ < S 0 c. 8 u " E .5 - < M < Zt: OJ) < f-. 8 u " :r: < c "4";:;~ 2006 14 63 959 10.89 0.1 1.52 0.297 1.81 0.87 706.63 18,637 1,225.03 2005 12 81 1,464 21.04 5.35 3.343 1.261 4.6 1.35 J, 164.50 5,538 382.79 20 211 9.346 212.99 86.86 20.99 6.01 27.00 13.99 52,205.64 9,29.773 75,809.51 1,03,049.60 3272 2004 2003 24 172 5,077 76.02 11.96 9.943 5.14 15.08 6.10 6,266.13 45,262 2,032.10 I 1,035.16 251 108' 25 6 8,3\8 160.18 52.51 14.45 5.244 19.69 9.4 51,149.61 419,014 52.621.51 40,892.19 489 1450 2002 2001 22 194 6,405 90.91 11.7 9.042 2.91 11.95 6.5 26,721.79 222,074 17,358.44 18,353.78 231 565 2000 33 213 12,351 90.18 8.09 6.57 1.476 8.05 4.43 8,303.70 343,091 20,933.82 3,780.66 336 2568 1999 24 150 5,057 65.66 13.58 6.79 1.66 8.45 3.04 24,203.88 91,813 5,384.95 5,409.99 243 136 1998 28 260 8,347 134.7 30.93 17.59 7.53 25.12 12.84 36,696.68 199,611 5,503.70 9,284.04 381 187 1997 26 169 7,043 69.65 10.11 12.46 2.25 14.71 6.55 5,737.66 174,379 3,056.67 2,038.09 163 151 Source: Disaster Management Department (http://disastenngmt.bih.nic.inI) Hydrologic Analysis of 2007 Flood Season The focus area receives flood waters from vast areas of Nepal through four main streams viz Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla and Kosi. The FMIS Cell received daily rainfall / river water level data of some stations falling in these basins whose details are as follows. SI.No. Name of Location Maintained by Type of data Mode of data measuring station acquisition Basin/Ri ver (Nepal! Bihar) I I Simara 2 3 Burhi Gandak Nepal 4 GoN 5 =tI 6 Daily Rainfall Web site- 7 2 Kathmandu Bagmati Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Web site" 3 Nagarkot Bagmati Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Web site" 4 Garuda Bagmati Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Telephone' 5 Janakpur Kamla Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Web site' 6 Sindhuli Kamla Nepal GoN Daily Rainfull Telephone' 7 Okhaldunga Kosi Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Web site' 8 Taplejang Kosi Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Website" 9 Dhankutta i Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Web siteL lO Biratnagar Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Web site' II Dharan Kosi Nepal GoN Daily Rainfall Web site2 12 Lalbegiaghat Burhi Gandak Bihar ewe, Gol DRF & RS' Email' 13 Sikandarpur Burhi Gandak Bihar eWe,Goi DRF&RS Email 14 Samastipur Burhi Gandak Bihar ewe, Go! DRF&RS Email4 15 Rosera Burhi Gandak Bihar eWe,Gol DRF&RS Email4 16 Khagaria Burhi Gandak Bihar ewe, Go! DRF&RS ' Email' 17 Sonakhan Bagmati Bihar WRD,GoB River Stage Flood:-lews 18 Dubbadhar Bagmati Bihar WRD,GoB RiverStao"c Flood News 5 19 Kansar Bagrnati Bihar WRD,GoB River Stage Flood News 20 Benibad Bagmati Bihar eWe,Gol DRF & RS' Email' 21 Hayaghat Bagrnati Bihar eWe,Gol DRF&RS' Email' 22 Kamtaul BagmatifKhiroi Bihar eWe,Gol DRF & RS' Email' 23 Sonbarsa BagrnatifKhiroi Bihar eWe,Gol DRF&RS' Flood News' 24 Saulighat Bagrnatil Darbhanga Bihar eWe,Gol DRF&RS' Flood News' Bagrnati 25 Ekmighat Bagmatil Darbhanga Bihar eWe,Gol River Stage Email' Bagrnati 26 Jainagar Karnla Bihar WRD,GoB River Stage Flood News' 27 Jhanjharpur railpul Karnla Bihar WRD,GoB River Stage Flood News' (uls) 28 Jhanjharpur railpul Karnla Bihar eWe,Gol DRF&RS' Email' (dis) 29 Basua Kosi Bihar eWe,Gol DRF &RS' Email' 30 Baltara Kosi Bihar eWe,Gol DRF&RS' Email' 31 Kursela Kosi Bihar eWe,Gol DRF & RS' Email' 32 Birpur Kosi Bihar ewe, Gal DRF & RS' Flood News' 1 DaIly Ramfall and River stage, 2 www.mfd.gov.np. 3 from CWC 4 fromCWC, 5 Daily flood News of Water Resources Dept. GoB Rainfall The first monsoon rainfall is received before the formal beginning of the monsoon season i.e.; 15 th June, Heavy rainfall was registered on 15 th (142.20 mm at Simara in Nepal) and 16th June (126.40mm at Sikandarpur, 144.00mm at Kamtaul, 116.40mm at Jhanjharpur, 231.00 mm at Baltara and 105.00mm at Kursela all in Bihar). July has been the wettest month having maximum rainy days. August seems to have received three isolated storms, In September some of the stations recorded extremely high rainfall. For example, Sikandarpur in Bihar received 453,00mm cumulative rainfall in 24 hours on 26 th September. This station observed 150.60mm on 25 th and 151.00mm on 27th September. Thus, it forms the maximum 24-hr, 48-hr and 72-hr cumulative rainfall observed this year in the AOI. Second maximum 24-hr cumulative rainfall was observed at Simara in Nepal (312,00mm) on 5th September. The monsoon season came to the end in the beginning of October with only a few millimeter cumulative rainfalls observed at most locations in this month. Exceptionally, Sikandarpur observed 449.60mm in October up to 18 th . The following Table compiles monthly / monsoon rainfall as well as number of rainy days observed at different stations falling in the concerned basins. This compilation is based on the daily rainfall data received from local Division of Central Water Commission and the Nepal website www.mfd.gov.np. Monthly I monsoon rainfall (mm) observed in the river basins of AOI flood 2007 Monthly Rainfall Monsoon 2007 Normal River Rain-Gauge June October No. of Monsoon Basins Stations (from July August September (up to Total rainy Rainfall 15th) 18th) days I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Simara 291.60 862.20 665.70 739.30 27.60 2586.40 64 1497.40 Lalbegiaghat 61.10 562.40 983.90 572.60 76.80 2256.80 63 Burhi Sikandarpur 136.40 1023.00 1106.40 1230.08 449.60 3945.48 66 Gandak Sarnastipur 165.20 630.20 383.60 542.00 49.80 1770.80 66 Rosera 141.00 459.60 394.40 394.20 34.20 1423.40 62 Khagaria 149.40 611.50 214.60 309.50 55.60 1340.60 49 6 Kathmandu 134.00 I 234.50 226.16 329.70 18.30 942.66 87 1125.60 Naf!,arkot 231.40 226.80 353.35 422.60 1.20 1235.35 72 1554.30 Benibad 125.20 620.20 323.20 530.50 103.00 1702.10 59 Bagmati Hayaghat 46.20 640.50 379.20 691.40 85.80 1843.10 76 Kamtaul 193.00 528.00 448.10 422.50 148.90 1740.50 53 Sonbarsa lli.1.Q 810.80 509.80 316.00 53.40 1906.20 50 Saulighat NA NA 577.80 629.60 133.70 Jainagar 226.00 245.00 34.60 1381.90 55 Kamla Jhanjh 60 .40 593.70 . 428.10 25.50 1725.30 64 Okhaldunf!,a 140.30 508.90 ' 250.00 420.30 49.80 1369.30 88 1401.60 Taple/anl? 109.40 456.10 323.40 305.90 116.60 1311.40 101 1404.60 Dhankulla 82.10 253.00 93.20 166.00 19.80 614.10 72 722.50 Eiralnagar 211.80 424.10 521.80 375.80 1.60 1535.10 75 1522.50 Kosi Dharan 204.50 573.40 305.50 387.60 145.30 1616.30 88 Basua 117.80 397.43 342.50 375.00 10.40 1243.13 64 Baltara 285.00 374.40 230.60 243.40 47.00 1180.40 53 Kursela 244.00 343.20 197.60 151. 2.20 938.60 55 Birpur NA NA 386.20 446. 6.60 Notes: 1. Rain-gauge stations written in italics are located in Nepal. 2. Monthly / monsoon rainfall have been calculated using daily rainfall obtained from ewe and Nepal web site www.mfd.gov.np. Underlined figures for Sonbarsa and Jainagar have been taken from Directorate of Statistics. 3. Source ofNonnal Monsoon Rainfall is the Nepal web site www.mfd.gov.np It is however to be noted that there have been a few days on which data was not available. Those gaps have not been filled up. So, similar information from the parent source may be a little different. Most of the places have received rainfall on more than 50% days of the monsoon period. Taplejung in Nepal had maximum (101) rainy days. If we compare this monsoon rainfall with the Normal Monsoon Rainfall, it reveals that the monsoon has been more active in the western part of the area (Burhi Gandak basin). Eastern part (Kosi basin) received less than the Normal rainfall. Sikandarpur received 3945.00mm cumulative monsoon rainfall which is more than three times the Normal Monsoon Rainfall of the area. Below are the contours drawn with the rainfall figures given in the above Table. The June rainfall is taken from 15 th of the month and the October rainfall is only up to 18th of the month. 7 River Stage Daily water-levels measured (at 6:00 AM) at different gauge stations on four major rivers of the AOI have been chronologically plotted. They are discussed below. 4.2.1 Burhi Gandak Lalbegiaghat, Sikandarpur, Samastipur, Rosera and Khagaria are five gauge-stations located in sequence from up-stream to down-stream on the river Burhi Gandak. Chronological plot of water-levels at the upper-most station Lalbegiaghat shows sharp peaks and valleys which signifies the quick response of catchments at this location. Gradually the plots at down-stream stations have smoothened. Parallel pattern up to Rosera may be due to insignificant contribution of intermediate tributaries. Khagaria plot is relatively more smooth which may be due to the effect of local run-off and spill of adjoining rivers. Water-Level at different Gauge Sites ofthe River Burhi Gandak - 2007 Flood 70.00 ..---....,.,.--,-------,..------_~-_:__-..,....,._-___..,--_,___,__,_:___:____. 65.00 60.00 55.00 §: 50.00 a; ~ 45.00 ., .!. ~ 40.00 35.00 30.00 25.00 20.00 c :J c :J c :J c :J :; ...., :; :; ...., :; :; :; 0> :J 0> :J 0> :J 0> :J 0> :J 0> :J ., a. ., a. ., a. ., a. ., a. ., a. 13 13 q 13 13 2 :h :h N 2 .;, 2 .;, 2 2 :h M ... "f "f ~ "f ... "f "f (/) col :g (/) col :g ~ :g 0 co'> co 0 co'> 0 cO ~ ~ N N tl ti 0. C. t> " -, " :h J " 7" -, -, ;;; -, '" " OJ " " " OJ " " Cl '" Cl '" Cl '" '" 0 '" '1 ~ ~ ~ '" '" "" :i ~ 0 J g :1 1= ~ ;!! :1 ~ 1= '1 '1 '" g ::s .;, of:. N co d:, N N N N N N 4.2.3 Kamla Jainagar (weir site), Jhanjharpur railpul (maintained by WRD), and Jhanjharpur (down- stream maintained by CWC) are three gauge-stations located in sequence from up-stream to down-stream on the river Kamla. 9 Water-Level at different Gauge Sites ofthe River Kamla - 2007 Flood 70.00,-------------,--------------,---------, 65.00 :g: 60.00 ~ ..J .:. J!! ~ 55.00 50.00 45.00 +--+--+--f-+--+--+--f-+--+--+--f-+---+--+---+-+---+--+---+-+---+--+--+-+---+' ., Co (f) ., Co (f) u u u u o 0 0 0 01 01 01 01 01 01 N N I-Jainagar -Jhanjharpur(wrd) Jhanjharpur(cwc) I Chronological plot of water-levels at these stations shows that Jainagar plot has small rise and fall. This may be due to the effect of gate operation of Jainagar weir. Water-level pattern at u/s and dis of Jhanjharpur railpul is quite parallel. Average afflux of 0.63m has been observed during the flood season 2007 with a maximum of 1.33m and minimum of O.llm. Water-level fluctuation is more at Jhanjharpur than that at Jainagar which seems the effect of intermediate tributaries. 4.2.4 Kosi Basua, Baltara, and Kursela are three gauge-stations located in sequence from up-stream to down-stream on the river Kosi. Chronological plot of water-levels at these stations shows that Basua plot is rougher in comparison with that at Baltara. The magnitude of rise and fall at Basua is less than that at Baltara. Smooth pattern of Baltara plot may be attributed to the large storage capacity of channel between Basua and Baltara. Water- levels at Kursela seem to be effected by the flow of Bagmati tributary. 10 Water-Level at different Gauge Sites of the River Kosi - 2007 Flood 50.00 45.00 g 40.00 1 ...J i 35.00 ~ 30.00 25.00 20.00 +---t--+--+--+---I-+'--+--+--+--+--+---I-+--+--+--+--+__+---I'--+---t--!--+--+__+' 4.3 Effect of rainfall in the Nepal region on the river-stages in Bihar River gauge stations in AOI close to the Indo-Nepal border are Lalbegiaghat on Burhi Gandak, Sonakhan on Bagmati, Jainagar on Kamla and Basua on Kosi. Daily river water levels measured at these stations vis-a-vis daily average rainfall of the respective basin above these locations have been plotted on the same charts. Rain-gauge stations consl'dered f:Ior averagmg are as £;0 11ows: Name of basin Part under consideration Rain-gauge stations considered for averaging 1 2 3 Burhi Gandak Up to Lalbegiaghat Simara, Lalbegiaghat Bagmati Up to Sonakhan Simara, Kathmandu, Nagarkot, Garuda Kamla Up to Jainagar Janakpur, Sindhuli, Okhaldunga Kosi Up to Basua Okhaldunga, Taplejang, Dhankutta, Biratnagar, Dharan, Basua .. Number of ram-gauge statIOns IS too less to account for the aenal vanabllIty of ramfall. Therefore, in stead of using rigorous methods simple arithmetic mean has been used for averaging the rainfall. Basin wise rainfall pattern and corresponding water level are discussed in the following paragraphs. 4.3.1 Burhi Gandak Big spell of rainfall (average 82.70mm) was observed on the very first day of the flood season (15 th June to 15 th October). The river rose from 57.48m on 15th to 59. 10m on 17th 11 in June. This followed continuous receding till 27th when an average rainfall of 37.60mm caused further rise for two succeeding days. Rainfall in Burhi Gandak Basin and Water Level at Lalbegiaghat - June 2007 (HFL-67.09m,DL-63.20m) 9 0 . 0 0 . . , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - 59.50 80.00 59.00 70.00 'if 58.50 .s. 60.00 'if :S! 50.00 58.00 iii' :- c !I .. 'j! 40.00 0'1 57.50 ~ 1i'i ; 30.00 > 57.00 3: « 20.00 56.50 10.00 0.00 '-1--+-,--,"-+---'--!- 56.00 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 June Then continuous rainfall took place from 11th July to 4th August during which river water level continuously rose from 57.34m to 64.75m.Maximum average rainfall of 118.20mm during this period was observed on 21 st July. Water level started receding on 2nd August and continued till 13th August when it reached 60.46m. Rainfall in Burhi Gandak Basin and Water Level at Lalbegiaghat - July 2007 (HFL-67.09m,DL-63.20m) 140.00 66.00 120.00 64.00 'if 100.00 62.00 .s. 'if :S! c 80.00 60.00 iii' :- . '0; 0:: 60.00 58.00 '" ..J S . 0'1 f! ~ 40.00 56.00 ~ 20.00 54.00 52.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12131415 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 262728 29 30 31 July 2007 An isolated heavy storm took place between 12th to 19th August. Average value was 11. 7mm on 12th August, it continuously increased and maximum of 211.40mm was observed on 16th , then started decreasing and a minimum of 2.1 Omm was observed on 19th • This resulted in steep rise in the river water level from 60.46m on 13 th to 65.01m on 12 20th August. In September, three spells of rainfall of relatively low magnitude occurred when average daily rainfall was less than 100mm except on 5th September (when it was 166.10mm). This caused several rise and fall in river water level. Maximum was 62.73m on 11th and minimum 59.40m on 25 th September. Rainfall in Burhi Gandak Basin and Water Level at Lalbegiaghat· August 2007 (HFL·67.09m,DL·63.20m) 250.00 - , - - - - - . . , . - - - - , - - - - , - - - - - , - - - , , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - r 66.00 65.00 200.00 64.00 E .s 150.00 ~ 63.00 I <.i c: 62.00 ~ ~ ... ~ 100.00 61.00 ~ ., f 3= < 50.00 60.00 59.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011121314151617181920212223242526272829 30 31 August 2007 Three steep rises were marked on 6-7, 14-15 and 26-27 September. A steep fall was also observed on 16-17 September. It is difficult to justify the steep rise of 14-15 as the rainfall on the preceding days is nil. There might be a high rainfall concentrated in small area which could not be noticed by the two rain gauge stations. 13 Rainfall in Burhi Gandak Basin and Water Level at Lalbegiaghat - Sept 2007 (HFL-67.09m, DL-63.20m) 180. 00 -r-----:--.,-----:--=---:-=--:-________...,,--,.____~____,______:_;=_:___:__...,-_:_________r 63.00 160.00 62.00 140.00 E .§. 120.00 61.00 g ~ 100.00 c ~ 60.00 ~ ~ .. 80.00 Ol I!:! 60.00 59.00 j ~ 40.00 58.00 20.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 192021 222324252627282930 September 2007 1_ Al.erage Rainfall (mm) - - Water Lel.ei (m) 1 Last of three spells ended on 1st October. Thereafter only one rainy day on 13th was observed till 15 th October. This did not have any noticeable effect on the river water level. Water level observed on 15th October was 59.31m. Rainfall in Burhi Gandak Basin and Water Level at Lalbegiaghat - October 2007 (HFL-67.09m, DL-63.20m) 30.00 ====~-------------- . .-------.... 63.00 62.50 25.00 62.00 E .§. 20.00 61.50 61.00 g ~ ·i 15.00 60.50 ~ .. .. D:: Ol I!:! 10.00 60.00 -: 59.50 ~ ~ 59.00 5.00 58.50 58.00 0.00 ......!~=--_ _~__=====::::::::===::.=:::====___..:~ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 .... 13 ~ _ _~_ 14 15 57.50 October 2007 1_ Al.erage Rainfall (mm) - - Water Lel.ei (m) 1 4.3.2 Bagmati Like Burhi Gandak basin, Bagmati also received good amount of rainfall (average th 65.5mm) on 15 June (first day of the monsoon season) which is reported to have caused sudden rise in the water level and consequent damage. There was continuous rainfall from 23 rd to 28 th June, maximum being 78mm on 25 th . River water level at Sonakhan is 14 available from 23rd only which shows slow but continuous rise in the month of June from 67.20m to 67.40m. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2021 2223 2425 26 27 2829 3031 July 2007 In July, there has been regular rainfall (28 rainy days) which kept the river water level continuously rising. Maximum average rainfall of 70.50mm was observed on 21 st. Rise was steep from 27th to 29th when level went from 67.90m to 69.1 Om. It is interesting to note that most of the time effect of rainfall has been observed on the same day. Rainfall in Bagmati Basin and Water Level at Sonakhan - August 2007 (HFL-70.77m, Dl-6S.80m) 70.00 68.50 _ 60.00 E .§, 50.00 68.00 E i Q; .~ 40.00 67.50 j 011 ~ 30.00 ~ « 20.00 67.00 I 66.50 10.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1213 1415 16 1718 1920 21 22232425262728293031 August 2007 In August also, there has been regular rainfall with 27 rainy days. However, rainfall from 10th to 20th August has resulted in significant rise in water level. On 12-13 level rose from 67.20m to 68.40m and on 18th it reached to 68.70m. Again it is interesting to note the rise 15 from 67.60m on 27th to 68.55m on 31 st when the rainfall observed was quite low. In September, maximum average rainfall of 149.73mm (season's maximum) was observed on 5th which caused steep rise in water level from 67.70m on 5th to 69.30m on 6th . During the rest of the month, rainfall was low and the water level decreasing except the last week when slight rise was marked. Rainfall in Bagmati Basin and Water Level at Sonakhan - September 2007 (HFL-70.77m, DL-68.80m) 1 6 0 . 0 0 , - - - - - , . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - , 69.50 140.00 69.00 ~ 120.00 E 68.50 .§.. 100.00 E ~ 68.00 i c 80.00 > CD .~ ....I CD 67.50 $ ~ ~ 60.00 CD 67.00 ~ 40.00 20.00 66.50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 September 2007 I_A\erage Rainfall (mm) --+-Water Le\eJ (m) I In October there was almost no rainfall up to 15th , however, rise in the water level of 0.45m was observed on II_13 th . It seems four rain gauge stations could not capture the rainfall occurred in some pockets. 16 Rainfall in Bagmati Basin and Water Level at Sonakhan - October 2007 (HFL-70.77m,DL-68.80m) r-------~------------·~---- __--------------__ --------_.68.~ 68.00 67.80 E 2.50 .§. 67.60 g ~ 2.00 c .~ 67.40 ! ....I .. 1.50 ~ I 1.00 67.20 67.00 iii: 0.50 66.80 0.00 +----I----f-'--...:...t---_+_ -+-~+----+ 66.60 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 October 2007 4.3.3 Kamla First rainfall of high magnitude was observed on 16th June which was swayed to Bihar portion. At Kamtaul144mm and at Okhaldunga 29mm rainfall was observed. There was 27 rainy days in July. Maximum rainfall of the month (average daily rainfall of 68.25mm) was observed on 2ih. A rise in water level ofO.60m was observed between 3rd to 5th and O.90m between 25_26 th . It is interesting to note that there was no significant rainfall preceding these events. Water level was almost static between 5th to 25 th • Rainfall in Kamla Basin and Water Level at Jainagar.July 2007 (HFL-70.65m,DL-69.35m) - r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' " " T " 69.50 69.00 68.50 g 'a; 68.00 5 ... $ 67.50 ~ 67.00 July 2007 17 In August three isolated stOTInS can be identified in the following plot. Maximum daily rainfall was observed on 1ih. Steep rises of water level between 12_13th and 27_30th are not commensurate with the rainfall observed. The rainfall of 1ih is also not reflected in the rise of water level. Rainfall in Kamla Basin and Water Level at Jainagar-August 2007 (HFL-70.65m.DL-69.35m) 80.00 -r---:---:---:--,---:--..,-...,.-------:---:------,---.......".....".--...,.,-----:----,. 69.00 70.00 68.80 E 60.00 68.60 ~ ~ 50.00 J! ~ 40.00 68.40 ! .. CI:: [i 30.00 ..i ,$ 68.20 ~ ! 20.00 68.00 10.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1213 1415 1617 18 192021 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30 31 August 2007 Similar is the story of September. Steep rise of water level on 10-11 th is not matching with the observed rainfall. High magnitude rainfall of 26th is not adequately felt in the rise of water level. 18 Rainfall in Kamla Basin and Water Level at Jainagar·September 2007 (HFL-70.65m,DL-69.35m) 100.00 , - - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - - - - . . , - - - - - - . . , - - - - - - , 69.40 90.00 69.20 80.00 69.00 E 70.00 .s 60.00 68.80 :§: !c 68.60 ~ 50.00 ~ 68.40 -;: 40.00 ~ Q) o::n ., '" "- 30.00 68.20 ~ 68.00 2000 10.00 67.80 0.00 67.60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 30 September 2007 (mm) -+- Water Le-.el October received quite low rainfall. Steep rise in water level observed on 8_9th does not match with the rainfall occurred. Rainfall in Kamla Basin and Water Level at Jainagar-October 2007 (HFL-70.65m, DL-69.35m) ~---------------------------------------~68.90 68.80 68.70 68.60 :§: 68.50 ~ 68.40 -;: S 68.30 ::'" 68.20 68.10 -+---4--+ 68.00 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 October 2007 Rainfall {mm} -+- Water Le-.el 4.3.4 Kosi 19 From June 15 th almost every day some rainfall has been observed. Early rise in water level was marked which followed a recession after 19th . Rainfall in Kosi Basin and Water Level at Basua - June 2007 (HFL-48.87m, DL-47.75m) 30.00 ,...--------......,....,....,.-"--....,-,-----:,-...,,.,.-,---,----------,-,- 47.8 25.00 47.6 E .§.. 20.00 47.4 I ~ -a; .~ 15.00 47.25 " '" '" 47 j ~ 10.00 < 5.00 46.8 0.00 46.6 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 June 2007 1_ A-.erage Rainfall (mm) - - Water Le-.el (m) 1 July has been a completely wet month observing 30 rainy days. Maximum average rainfall was observed on 26th . Water level appears rising and falling following the pattern of rainfall except a few instances like drop in water level on 13_14th. Rainfall of 17th also does not get reflection in water level. 20 Rainfall in Kosi Basin and Water Level at Basua • July 2007 (HFL48.87m, DL47.75m) 50.00 .,..-------------------~--------__r 49 45.00 48.5 40.00 I 35.00 48 ~ §. = 30.00 .l!! .; 25.00 a:: 47.5 ~ ~ j 20.00 15.00 47 j 10.00 46.5 5.00 0.00 +....1-~~_+....._+'_+"lO.fIIl.f.lly..o.<+_+_+__t__!~_+_+'_+'L!_""4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1213 14 15 1617 18 1920 21 22232425262728293031 July 2007 Rainfall (mm) __ Water Level August rainfall pattern shows three different storms of low magnitude to have occurred. There was continuous drop in water level during the first 12 days, however, the rate of drop seems to have slowed down by the rainfall of 3Td August. Water level follows the rainfall but they don't appear in good correlation. Rainfall in Kosi Basin and Water Level at Basua • August 2007 (HFL48.87m, DL47.75m) r---~--~------~~---~---~--~-----------__r48 478 47.6 ~ 35.00 474 I ;; 30.00 .l!! 47.21!i .~ 25.00 a; a:: 47 -: ~ 20.00 S f! 46.8 ~ ~ 46.6 46.4 August 2007 September observes continuous but low magnitude rainfall up to 20th . Thereafter, some considerable amount of rainfall occurred on 25th and 26th which caused rise in water level 21 making a peak on 27"'. Steep drop in water level between 11_1310 is not supported by the rainfall pattern. -~ ~OO lI'--~ --·-'.'.'.;'._ in and W_ L..... at ...U B ••_ .'• • _ ••• '.'.OO • •• m '__. ...,., - 1 .oo .oo I:: f~ <1.'" I iii "'.00 i 41.00 ] .....O! •• ! "',00 f'MO '" 'O,(>;l .oo .oo .oo " .4 • • 1 • • ~"'> 'I '4'.,.'11. , .~>1~~~ "' ava~~ 11< ... _ , >001 Rainfall in October has been negligible. Only rainfall ofallont 22.00mm on lOll> caused some rise in water level, otherwise it has been continuously decreasing with minimum on 10"'. "'," "',to •• .oo I •• r· f 10-00 ...",& " .eo ! ... ""! • ,. •• •• o.• r--....... , , . . . .~. . . .. ,'g • • • , • .,g",. .... " •• I_ A_ _ t-J __ W"LN ~) 1 22 Annexure 4. MappIng Fln t J<' lood Even l in 2007 Monsoon Seuon FJoodEvenl The first flood episode in 2007 flood season occurred in the Bagmati basin, due 10 over- topping ak>ng a length of6{l m at about 47.3 Ion along the Bagmati Left embanlcment near Pachnuar village, was reponed by !he Chief Enginen-, Muzzafitrpur at midnight of 15 June. This Wall reported in !he WRD's daily flood bulletin of 16 June received at FMIS Cell in the evening of the day. Subsequent field reports indicated that four blocks in Muzzaffarpur and Sitamarhi districts were inundated. Hydrologic Conditions are described in the table below. Acquisition of@tellitecoverage The flTSt cloud-free satellite coYern.ge ofinundation from IRS I D satellite LlSS 1U S¢TIsor was on the morning of 17 June. National Rernoie Sensing Agency (NRSA) in Hydcrabad generated the satellite image within 6 hours after FMIS Cell placed the order through email and telephone call. The data was downloaded from the NRSA ftp server at FMIS Cell through its high speed broadband connectivity. Subsequently the FMISC procured IRS satellite WiFS data of 18 June, which was supplemented by Radarsat data of20 and 27 June, and 6 and 18 July 2007 procured by NRSA. The time sequence of satellite imagery provided for the first time an unprecedented look at the recession of flood inundation fro the breach. Inundation Mapping ---------------; -;;;~~;~:;;.;-~~;;;~----.- _~·[-.l <>_ _",, _ _ "_'CUIII. ... ,"" .... 2IIOI"J • oj - 0 __ --- Cl _ _ - ..- -- - . _.....__ - ..- ,-_0.;;;;;;;;;-- - 0 -_. 1 ---- 1 = --..- • • • - -- -"""- 16-J""()7 • The satellite image was processed at the FMIS Cell using ERDAS image processing software, and the necessary overlays of administrative boundary, settiemenlS, and road network were overlaid at the GIS system in the Cell. Hard copy and soft copy maps were generated and provided to Wale; Resource! Department (WRD), Disaster Management Department (DMD) and Agriculture Department. On request from Commissioner, DMD, the list of villages affected by flood inundation in the two blocks ofSitamarhi district and two blocks of Muzzaffarpur district was generated and used in the presentation to Chief Minister on 23 June 07. Flood inundation statistics are shown in Annexure 5. Lcswns Learnt and Actions Taken ba.'\Cd on the First Flood Experience Effective usc of ",infall forecasts • A review of the daily fOI'CQsts from India Mctwrological Department (lMD) showed that the forecast issued by the afternoon of 15 June indicated heavier and widespread rainfall forecast for the 24 hours up to morning of 16 June, indicating possibility of floods in the upstream parts of Bagmati basin. The lMD forecast provided early warning of flood potential, more !han 20 hours ahead of receipt of observed min fall data. • FMISC should consider issuing alerts of heavy rainfall foreca.slll to WRD and ill; field offices, as well as to DMD and the District Magistrates in the hazard area, as flood guidance for better preparedness. • The furecasts may need further improvement in grid size III1d accuracy since the forecasts issued on 13 June and 14 June did DOt predict heavy l1linfall on 15 June, with only the forecast issued on 15 June indicating such possibility. Further. the forecasts from IMD seriously under-estimated the actual rainfall. Hence IMD forocasts al 45 km grid size. till upgraded to \0 km resolution and better accuracy. should be used for flood guidance rather than for qWl1ltitative prediction. • The above evaluation i. b .... ed on one flood event. and would be reviewed through the flood season. Evaluation ofrcportcd daily rainfhll • The daily flood bulletin of WRD issued on 16 June indicated heavy and widespread rainfall (142.2 mm in Simrn site, 29.6 mm in Kathmandu site, and 65.5 rum in Nagarkot site) upta 18 00 b~ on t5 June, in the Nepal portion of ,.., Bagmati hasin. Heavy rainfall was not reported either in the previous days or • Flood potential indicated by the heavy rainfall in 15 Iune was nOI available till afternoon of 16 June (in daily bulletin) from WRD, by which time the cmbankm~t was overtopped causing floods. Even if the rainfall data was available to FMISC earlier as soon after receipt at WRD, due to the very .hort travel time, effective action would not have been possible. Thus l1linfal1 forecast would give earlier warning of flood potential, and hence morc time for FMIS Cell to act. • The website of Meteorological Forecasting Division of Department of Meteorology and Hydrology of Government of Nepal update! the daily minfull measured at 0845 hn at bout 1800 hI'S .arne day. This means that the heavy • rainfall that occurred later on IS June 07 would have been updated only by th~ evening of 16 June, too late for effective use. WRD received this data earlier. Improving FMIS Cell QJJ<;ntion§ • The delay in receipt of daily flood bulletin from the Flood Cell in WRD to FMIS Cell would be significandy reduced (by 16 hOlln; in this case) by RIT1Inging for faxing the infonnation received from the field units immediately to the FMIS Cell soon after receipt at the WRD. This has been instituted. • Ordering of satellite data in emergent situations would be expedited by developing an appropriate mochanism at the Cell . This has been done. • The Internet connectivity needs improvement as downloading satellite imagery from NRSA ftp server took a long time. Alternate modes of downloading data through the VSAT co=tivity between NRSA and DMD would be employed as needed. • Round-the-clock operations would improve the time for processing satellite data and generating the inundation maps. The prototype FMIS implemented by NRSA al FM1S Cell would also support quick preparation of customizw maps and text """,ru. Evaluating Inundation Duration To cvaluate inundation duratioo, IRS P6 satellite A WiFS sen!lOl" of 18 June was ordered, and downloaded-from NRSA ftp server, and processed. NRSA hu also prepared an inundation map using RADARSAT data of20 June. The comparison of inundation maps between the five satellite overpass dates (17, 20 and 27 June; 6 and 18 July) shows areas where the walen are still standing 2 days, 5 days, 12 days, 21 days, and 33 days after 1100d inundation. Similar time series maps for floods of different magnilUdes would help prepare inundation duration maps, useful in flood management. • Inundation E1tent on ,---- -- [nundation E~tent on 18 June (three days after the Flood) • 0 _ Qc - ~ --- _ 'I:m'-' .... ....-. *_0- Inundation Edent (In 20 June 07 (fl"t dll after Flood) ~_""Of""".OXICI "'.. _ _ 00',..,._ .... ___ $ Of • .~ . 2011] • !. - T.:I"r,'" '" c .... _ ..... -- ~ • .,. "":":":41 . - 1,",- D 'D.".... •• -..",,....- •• -_. Map sbowing areas with standing water (dark blue art a) even 5 days after 0000 Analysis of duration of inundation however will neal to take note of ..atellit" data ~ing of different resolution, cloud-cover constraints in optical satellite data, availability of satellite overpass at required frequency, and compounding variables like antecedent and persisting rainfall, antecedent river water level! discharge, downstream drainage conditions, embankment breach, etc. Frequent flood coverage is currently provided by the Indian satellites like IRS Ie, ID, and Resourcesat, and Canadian RADARS AT satellite, and will be augmented when the Indian microwave satellite RISA T is launched next year. M... ;", .... 1 .."'d .. l .... blul i. 2007 FI ...... k ...... (C,'".,"I F""", ...... 1...... 'h a.kor) ••• • "~~ rD Ooi< ,, ~ t ~ D -....., ! -• -- (),,"~, fo, ....... 55 "" p ~. I ."" "",,' 5O ~ • .. I Pr_,;'-"do. w.... .; 1;-'10 r _ .,.,._ ~,,~"',co -- , Flood Manageme nt Information System Water Resources Department Vol.1 No.1,2007 BOM Inaugural Issue ph IqUm EdI~ Mr. A.K.Samaiyar Associate Editors- Mrs. Arti Sinha Mr. TK Contents • A Bird's Eye VifN' • Organisatiol1al Struct~re • News and activities IInnI hour1or FMIS IS pur malden e-bunetln Is hitting the Info ,oetwork. , FMIS Is lin ambitious projecllmplltmel,ted by the GoV!. of Bfh.r through !he W.tef ReSO\lrcH ~ with World Bank . "istal108. Under thie, • flood rnenagement information It}'Stem is to be bvIIt to meet the O~rIIItion~ ' requi~n1ent. of dirfflrrt users- involved in flood m~ement. long term floOd control me.suree, reHet' and "rescue . The prime objective isla Increase the Ieed lime of flood warning upto 3 clava based on IlIlnfaH Iorecast of the Indian Meteorological Department. The focus am for !he cunwnt __ of the project melllUres about 22.000 sq. km in north Bihar and extends from thIi Nit of !tire BIwhi G8nd1ik r1ver to the __ of !he KOII. Presently, the pioeurulTlllnl of goods and se/vioes is in progreu ·. obtaining aclmin~e I.pPfOvai. This' process Is likely to be completed by the end of this month. The proct.lrement is baing do!1lI wtIh the acttve COOpe!aOOn ofWAlMI which has been icSentIfied I. tile procurement agency. This inaugullIl iAUe gives an overall v'- of !he project and in future editions _ hope to giw you damils of the product __ geoerate shortly. Interestingly this is a Ziro COlt, n . hoUle deVeloped • bulletin IWId feedblck ffOm yout8(1d will help the team td strive harder and achieve 1)1gt.er. Wit! belt r.glrdt , A~:~~iil:~, 17% of the flood prone area of the country. the I1lOIlt flood prone 2lCll with crore:s • of peopl~ living ul>der recurrillg lbrcal of flood • dl:vaslalion Ieadin,g 10 los!; of life and prop~ ev~ • y=. Flood m:>Maximum rainfall forecast lor 26-Aug-07 ~ . 27-Aug..(l7 16.C4 rrmin 28-Aug-07 15.94 mm in >:>Tod.y', water 1 .....1at 6.00AM ,- Gauge Site _Danger Level (m) _Water LIIIYIII (m) _Status 3. erln/RIv.r j Klm,l. »Maxlmurn rai nfall observed In 24-Aug..(l7 60001 mm st Jal\ilkpur Nepl l region 011 25-Aug..(l7 INA ~ . Janakpur »MaximuTI rainfalilorecast lor -~, ~O -, - 27-Aug-07 mm o - 28-Aug-07 mm" »Tod"Y" wiler I.v" at 6.00AM ,- Gauge Site _Danger L.... el (m) _WIlle!" Level (m) _Status < B"In/Rlv... ; KOII • ">Maxim~m rJlinfaN observed in mm at OiIIod .. FIo!ISC, Torwnan:IOI, POllV. Abstract of FMIS Phase II : Project Components and Cost Sub-Component Description of activities Rs. US$ Area Coverage Output Outcome linakage with Phase I 1. Upgrading knowtedgebase spatial 1.1 Upgrading and expansion of Consultancy for development of database for existing spatial database additionsl districts, integration in fMIS 5,942,000 Sub-Total --- 5,942,000 1.2 Surveys 1.2.1 Ground based close contour Consultancy for ground survey at 20 em Bagmati (including Adhwara OEM with 50 em intef'Val (25 em vertical Closa..conlour OEM to support survey contour interval over flood plain along main group) accunlcy) detailed Inundation modeling for stem of priority river basins, VYhere !improved 65,000,000 extent, depth and duration, and ifood forecast models is proposed spatial flood warning 1.2.2 First time river {longitudinal Consultancy study for LIS and CIS survey Ba9mati (including Adhwara Hydraulic data aJong rapidly changing river Improved flood forecasting Bagmati is being surveyed by and cross-sectional) surveys along main siem of priority river basins, where group) , Burnt Gandak and KamJa systems WRD through consultant flood forecast modeling is proposed 61.600.000 1.2.3 Survey of embankment 1. Consultancy for embankment survey Bagmati, Kamia {including Inputs to EM IS, improved inundation lmproved spatiat inundation status and other flood plain (photos, alignmenticross-sectionlheight, Adhwara group) and 8urhi modeling prediction, flood wave progression features physicalJ structural status. maintenance history Gandak and recession, and duration and status, breach history, vulnerablity index) 16,580,000 mOdeling, etc. /flood plain features (natural and manmade), river morphological changes, and delivery in G1Sformai Sub.Total 81,146,000 1.3 Upgrading hydrologic network 1.3,1 Improving ground rain gauge 1. Planning/implementation conSUltancy, 2, Bagmati, Adhwara, Burhi Gandak, Improved near· real time daily rainfall rePMlfupportimproved rainfall Initiated in Phase I. to be network (I MOISi.le network) Training, 3. Support facilities 1,200,000 Gandak & Kamla from State/lMD sites, and hourly data from forecasting and validation, and strengthened select IMD sites improved flood inundation 1,3.2 Improved river gauge Agreement between WRD, GoB and ewe Bagmati, Adhwara, Burhl Gandak, Improved river gauge data receipt. Improved iflood sfageinundation Daily report was received after 6~ reporting by ewe Gandak & Kamla including hourly data forecast 8 hours, needs to be available earlier No cost 1,3,3 ins1allation and operation of Installation of flood plain gauges, agreement 8agmati (including Adhwara ,Ground data on inundation occurrence, Valida1ed lupgraded inundation flood plain gauges with community for data reporting, training, pre~ 200,000 group) depth and duration for inundation model model monsson field inspection and rehabittation validation Sub-Total 1,400,000 1.4lmproved P",dlction Models 1.4.1 Improved medium range MOU",\h IMO Bihar State and Nepal portion of 3 day, 5 km resohJtion forecast Increased lead time for flood 45 km, 3 day forecast provided, forecast and inundation prediction but accuracy and reliability and weather forcasting 1.4.2 Improved climate forecast To be taken up under Bank eXe 06/12/2008 03:45 PM Please respond to "Thiruvengadachari" Javier: Please see attached the note on points discussed with Secretary, RD, GoB on 12 June 08. I will be travelling to Delhi this evening for overnight stay, and travel to Lucknow on 13 June. Chari S. Thiruvengadachari, Flat 'A', Ground Floor, Urna Villa, Road No. 10, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034 Tel: 0091-40-23356785/6 Mob: 98480 12857 To: "Jzuleta1" Govt. of Bihar Finance Department Letter '0.- '3 ~ \ f~ Ii\; From \ V l ha(UI'\I..'-iL Addlli,lnai lil1;i!l\:c- C'\llllni~~illnt:r, Fin:ln<:1.: fkpl! (i, '\l.uf Bihar Io Mudlll!~uJ;1l1 Pr;l~;.lJ Joint ~~I,:rt:t,lr\ Mil1i~lr~ ubmined a claim of reimbursement t()r the quarter January - March 2008 for Rs. 13 3.81 lac againsl lOla I project cost of Rs. 219.271 lac. Till dale actual disbursement is Rs. 145.3 lac which \\ ill rise up to Rs. 151 lac {appro:"..1 i.e. nearly 70°;'0 of the total project cost by the present closure date 3 1,I May 08. In view l,f the above tllcts and circumstances. we request e:\tension of closure Jate till 30 lh June 2008. which will help in completion of all !he remaining activities and successful completion (If this prestigious project. Enclu:,ures: i) Current rh~ "kal and disbursemcm Status iiJ IFR 1.IA & IB) for quarter ending Mar..;h 2008. iii) lpdated Procur.:ment Plan I YL)UrS faithfull) " \"h. W}. \ ..~- ...-/ ._./,~iti~i) ,\0 . (A Letter No. - '1'6' ~ ~J Patna/Dated:- IJ:L . r::C:,. O:)i~ Copy to: I. Ja\ier Zuleta. Senior Water Resources Specialist. \\ orld Bank 2. !vtr Dalip Kapur. Under Secretary (FB). \1inisll'Y of Finance. Depanment t:J. Economic Attairs. Govl. oflndia 3. Ms. Isabel Guerrero. Country Director. The \Vorld Bank New Delhi Office. 70- Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 4. Mandakini KauL Country Officer, \\lorld Bank IOJiutormalion and necesS<.if) action. / . disbursement status 23.05.08 disbursement plan Actual / rommllt.~ / balance Procurement Procurement disbursement current status! Item ~Valuein amount remarks Package Category mode till 30.04.08 by May 0$ by June 08 %~ completion Project activity Rs. Lakhs lakhs No. I l 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1.1 Preparation of Cartosat data mosaic of focus area Consultancy SSS·NRSA 20.2 20.2 nil njl nil 100% P·I 1.1.a. Preparation of additional Cartosat mosaic: Consultancy SSS· NRSA 6 6 nil nil nil 100";' 1,2 Generation of processed historic Radarsat and oplical satellite completed P·2 Consultancy SSS-NRSA 5 5 nil nil nil 100% data ].3 Generation of processed 2007 flood season Radarsat and optical P·3 Consultancy SSS·NRSA 6 6 nil nil nil 100<70 salellite data (as needed basis) 20 layers out of total 22 received,rest 2 layers along with QC report .re P4 ).4 Developing additional datahase for integration in PMiS Consultancy CQS 45 9.00 36000 nil 36000 36% also simultaneous1y being prepared corrections in these layers are being done by ROLTA staITinFMISC 1.5 Topographic map digjtization a.<; per FMlS P·S Consultancy SSS- Survey of India 7.725 7.725 nil nil illl 100% completed specifications 106 0.38 lac is saving, being reallocated P·6 1.6 FMIS facilitation Consultancy sss -DlRSAC 8.600 7.16 1.440 nil 100"/, (paid) to more satellite data procurement preparation of draft final report in final 1.7 Develop modaiities for community outreach, 1. Preparatron or P·7 Consultancy Jndi,,'idual 6 3 3.000 I.S 1.2 80% stage, expecled on 21lh May 08 I'MIS preparedness, and flood management Goods Shopping completed 1.8 Computer for remote sensing and GIS software (2 Nos) 1182 3.182 nil nil nil 100"", P-S 19 HP Designjet 500 P",\Script printer (42 inch) Goods Shopping 1.934 1.934 nil nil nil 100% completed UO.I UPS + Battery Goods Shopping 1.143 1.143 nil nil nil 100% completed p..g 1,10 .2 Diesel generator Goods Shopping 2705 2705 nil ml nil 100"", completed P-IO 1.11 Remote sensing (ERDAS imagine) software Goods Proprietary 9.625 9.625 nil nil nil 100% completed p·lI 1.12 GIS (ArcGlS) software Goods Proprietary 22 22 nil nil njl 100% completed U3 Oracle RDBMS (Incense), Windows XP Professional SP2+ p-n Antivirus software (enterprise version), Visual C++ (2 licenses). Goods Shopping 1.I32 1132 nil nil nil ]00% completed Visual Basic ( 2 licenses) NOD- Develop integr.ted FMIS database. develop and integrate 2nd version has been developed by pnXllrtmtnt Consultancy SSS·NRSA item application software, implement in Patna, and maintain for 1 year NRSA. expected by 3105.08 SubTotal 146.246 105.806 40.« 1.8 37.2 0.38 lac saving in above packages B. F. 146.246 105.806 40.44 2.86 37.2 0,38 Jac saving in above packages I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 P-13 Hiring HR firm Not taken up 3.5 0.507 lac saving, being reallocated to P-14 21 Hiring cOI1Sultants for operationai support Consultancy JndlviduaJ 17.371 IL614 5.757 t 75 90% (paid) more satellite data procurement 2.CreaHon of flood website English edition of website developed, 2.2 inhouse Fl 3.3.1 Training in satellite data processing and GIS TrainingS-l SSS-NRSA P-IS 3,3,2 Tt'd.ining on procurement Procedures for the World Baak Training B-2 CQS-JNTU 2.734 2734 nil oil nil 100% completed aided I)ro' eets Training B-3 SSS-ASCI P-19 4.1 Development ofDEM Consultancy Individual 1.2 0.600 0.600 0.6 nil 100% completed P-20 4.2 Generation of customized rain rail rorecasts Consultancy SSS- IMD no cost nil nil nil nil 100"/0 completed CWC data delayed, will require 13.5 lac extension for completion, the unused 4. lmpro"ing flood Rs. 6.72 lakhs for 945 P-21 43 Develop models for improved flood forecasting Consultancy CQS 4.050 nil 9450 20% amounl Rs. 6.72 lakhs for Phase-II fortcast modeUng Phase I[ of Package- 6,72 Package- 21 is being reallocated 10 I more sateUite data procurement Ihis unused amant Rs 5 lac is being P-24 44 Innovative inundation modeling Consultancy CQS ~ nil 5.000 nil nil Not taken up reaUocated to more satellite data procurement commenlS on Draft final report sent 5, Devcloping a plan far- up,ndin, to the consultant to revise the Drall 5.1 Develop plan for strengthening hydrologic network. telemetry, final report.• will require ex.tension fo hydrologic P-22 Consultanc)' Individual 6 3.000 3.000 nil 3.00 50"/0 1I'\~S\lTtmmtS, etc completion t~lemtry and FMlS Draa final report received on 19.05.08, 6.1 FMIS integration in flood management manuals and action reviewed by the review cOf't1l1'tUee 00 P-23 Consultancy Individual 6 I 3.000 3000 l.8 1.20 80% 6. Updating Bihar plans, and -institutional arrangements 22.05.08, report again to be revised as: per comment, flood control manuals Provision for essential contingent expenditures involved in 2.00 09 1.100 0.5 0.6 procurement process total saving of Rs n 847 lac being reallocated to more sateUjte Total 219.271 139.564 79.707 11.560 54.300 64% data procurement and operational support I NRSA - National Remote Sensing Agency, BIRSAC - Bihar Remote Sensing Applications Centre, NCMRWF - National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, WALMI- Water and Land Management Institute, SSS- Single Source Selection, CQS Consultants' Qualification based Selection, FMISC - Flood Management Information System Cell, DEM - Digital Ele\'ation Model I disbursement status 23.05.08 disbursement plan Procurem ellt Procurement Actual J committed balanee disbursement current status/ Item es.lmatN Value in amount remarks Package: Category mode till 30.04.08 by May 08 by June 08 % completion Project activity Rs. Lakhs lakhs No. I 2 , 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 1 Preparation of Cartosat data mosaic of focus area Consultancy SSS-NRSA 20.2 202 nil nil nil 10011/(1 P-I 1.1,a. Preparation of additional Cartosat mosaic Consultancy SSS·NRSA 6 6 nil nil nil 100% 1.2 Generation of processed historic Radars.t and optical satellite completed P-2 Consultancy SSS-NRSA 5 5 nil nil nil 100% data 1.3 Generation of processed 2007 flood season Radarsat and P·3 optical satellite data (as needed basis) Consultancy SSS-NRSA 6 6 nil rul nil 100'%, 20 layers out of total 22 received,rest 2 layers along with QC repon are P-4 1.4 Developing additional database for integration in FMlS Consultancy CQS 45 9.00 36.000 nil 36000 36% also simultaneously being prepared oorrections in these layers are being done by ROLTA stalTin FMISC 1.5 Topographic map digitization as per FM IS P-5 Consultancy SSSw Survey ofIndia 7.725 7.725 nil nil nil 100% completed specifications 1.06 0.38 lac is saving, being reallocated P-6 1.6 FMIS facilitation Consultancy sss· UIRSAC 8600 7<16 1.440 nil 100'% (paid) to more satellite data procurement preparation of draft. final report in final 1.7 Develop modalities for community outreach, stage, expected on 21th MayOS. 1. Preparation of P-7 Consultancy Individual 6 3 3.000 1.8 1.2 80% I1MIS preparedness, and flood management Goods Shopping 100"10 completed 1.8 Computer (or remote sensing and GIS software (2 Nos) 3.182 3.182 nil nil nil P-8 1.9 HP Designjet 500 PostScript printer (42 inch) Goods Shopping 1.934 1.934 nil nil nil 100% completed !.l0.1 UPS + Battery Goods SMpping 1.143 1.143 nil nil nil )00%:. completed P-9 1.10 .2 Diesel generator Goods Shopping 2705 2.705 nil nil nil 1~{., completed P-IO LIt Remote sensing (ERDAS Imagine) soaware Goods Proprielary 9.625 9.625 nil nil nil 100% completed P-ll 1.12 GIS (ArcGIS) software Goods Proprietary 22 22 nil nil nil 100% completed 13 Oracle RDBMS (1 license), Wiedows XP Professional SP2+ 1< P-12 Antivirus software (enterprise version), Visual C++ ( 2 licenses), Goods Shopping 1.132 Ll32 nil nil nil 100% completed Visual Basic (2 licenses) Nuu w 2nd version has been developed by Develop integrated FMIS database, develop and integrate pnwun:ment Consultancy SSS-NRSA it~m application software. implement in raina, and maintain for 1 year NRSA, expected by 3 L05.0S Sub Total 146.246 105.806 40.44 1.8 37.2 0_38 lac saving in above packages B.F. 146.246 10~.806 40.44 2.86 37.2 O,"~81ae saving in above packages 1 I , 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 P-13 HiringHR firm Not taken up 3.5 0,507 lac saYing, being reallocated P-14 2, L Hiring consullants for operational support Consultancy Individua1 17.371 11,614 5.757 175 90% to more satellite data procurement (paid) 2;,Creation of flood website- English edition orwebsite developed 22 Inhouse Flood website development and maintenance. Hindi version of website 1n progress, individual 0.6 P-15 i) hiring support staff Consultancy !Sll! 0.36 2.140 1.3 90% 0.24 lac saving of this package shopping (paid) Ii) purchase of software ,being reallocated to additional satellite data draft final rcpon in final stage. expected 3. t Plan Stakeholder workshops. meetings and training at Hqs and by 24.05_08 P-16 up to field office, and community level for support to conducl of Training Individual 4 2 2000 1.2 0.8 80% workshops, meeting and training all workshop conducted,activity 3, Training completed P-17 3.2 Implement programme & plan of 3.1 Training 6.00 5.5 0.5 0.5 nil 85% 3 3.1 Training in satellite data processing and GIS Training B~ 1 SSS-NRSA P·18 3.32 Training on procurement Procedures for the World Bank Training B~2 CQS ·JNTU 2.734 2.734 nil nil nil 100'% completed aided pro'ects Training B-3 SSS- ASCI P-19 4. t Development ofDEM Consultancy Individual 1.2 0600 0.600 0.6 oil 100% completed P-20 4,2 Generation of customized rainfall forecast~ Consultancy SSS -JMD 00 cost nil nil oil nit 100% COOlpleted CWC data delayed, will require 13.5 lac extension for completion, the unused 4. lmproving flood Rs. 6.72 I.khs for 9.45 P-l1 4.3 Develop models for improved flood forecasting Consultancy CQS 4.050 oil 9.450 20% amount RJ;, 6.72 lakhs for Phase-ll forecast modeling Phase II or Package- 672 Package· 21 is being reallocated to I more satenite data procurement this unused amont Rs Smc is being P·24 4.4 lt1oovat!vf inundation modeling Consultancy CQS ~.oo nil 5.000 nil nil Not taken up reallocated to more satellite data procurement comments on Draft final report sent 3. Developing II. pllm for upgrading to the consultant to revise the Draft 5.1 Develop plan for strengthenmg hydrologic network, telemetry, hydrn1oa:ic P-22 ConsuUancy Individual 6 3.000 3.000 nil 3.00 50'>;0 final report~ will require extension ~asurements. etc for completion tdemtry aod FMlS Dntft fiMI report n:;:;eivedoo 19J}5.Q8, 6.1 FMIS integration in flood management manuals and aCtion reviewed by the n:'lliew txll"rIIniltee on I P-23 Consultancy Individual 6 3.000 3.000 IS l.20 80% 6. Updating Bihar plans, and institutional arrangements 2205.08, report again to be wvised IlS per I nood control manuals Provision for essential contingent expenditures involved in procurement PJ1)(tSS 2.00 0.9 Lloo O.S 0.6 total saving ofRs J3.847 lac being reallocated to more satellite Total 219.271 139.564 79.707 11.560 54.300 64% data procurement and operational support I NRSA - National Remote Sensing Agency, BIRSAC - Bihar Remote Sensing Applications Centre, NCMRWF ~ National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecastin~ WALMI ~ Water and Land Management Institute, SSS- Single SQurce Selection, CQS ~ Consultants' QuaHfication based Selection, FMISC - Flood Management Information System Cell, DEM ~ Digital Elevation Model Note:· underlined costs are estimated costs i.e for package. p-15, p·17, 1>-24 & for contingent expenditures Procurement Plan 04.02.08 Target Expected Actual I committed I date for Assignment Package Procurement Procurement date for IActual Revised expected Project activity Item estimated Value in contract duration ( No. Category mode contract Completion completion date Rs. Lakhs award in months) award Date I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1.1 Preparation of Cartosat data mosaic of focus area Consultancy SSS-NRSA 20.2 04.05.07 1.5 05.11.07 completed P-l 1.I.a. Preparation of additional Cartosat mosaic Consultancy SSS-NRSA 6 27.10.07 I 05.11.07 completed 1.2 Generation of processed historic Radarsat and optical 04.10.07 P-2 Consultancy SSS -NRSA 5 04.05.07 1.5 satellite data 3l.0508 1.3 Generation of processed 2007 flood season Radarsat 04.10.07 P-3 Consultancy SSS-NRSA 6 04.05.07 5 and optical satellite data (as needed basis) P-4 1.4 Developing additional database for integration in FMIS Consultancy CQS 45 11.09.07 4 31.10.07 29.02.08 1.5 Topographic map digitization as per FMIS SSS- Survey of P-5 Consultancy 7.725 08.06.07 1.5 0310812007 completed sDecifications India P-6 1.6 FMIS facilitation Consultancy sss- BIRSAC 9174 14.08.07 14 31.10.07 31.12.07 1.7 Develop modalities for COTnnlWlity ontreach, P-7 Consultancy Individual 6 24.05.07 4 23-09-07 29.02.08 DreDaredness, and flood management J. Preparation of Goods Shopping 3.182 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed FMIS 1.8 Coinputer for remote sensing and GIS software (2 Nos) P-8 1.9 HP Designjet 500 PostScript printer (42 inch) Goods Shopping 1.934 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed 1.1 0.1 UPS + Battery Goods Shopping 1.143 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed P-9 1.10 .2 Diesel generator Goods Shopping 2.705 0.5 15.07.07 completed P-IO 1.11 Remote sensing (ERDAS Imagine) software Goods Proprietary 9.625 01.03.07 0.5 23.03.07 completed P-ll 1.12 GIS (ArcGIS) software Goods Proprietary 22 07.03.07 0.5 30.03.07 completed 1.13 Oracle RDBMS (I license), Windows XP Professional SP2 P-12 + MS Office suite 2003+ Antivirus software (enterprise version), Goods Shopping 1.132 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed Visual C++ ( 2 licenses), Visual Basic (2 licenses) Non- Develop integrated FMIS database, develop and integrate procurement application software, implement in Patna, and maintain Consultancy SSS-NRSA 04.05.07 2.3 31.05.08 item for I year SubTotal 146.82 C.O. B. F. 146.82 I 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 10 11 P-13 HiringHR finn Not taken up P-14 2.1. Hiring consultants for operational support Consultancy Individual 17.371 5 31.10.07 31.05.08 2.Creation of flood website 2.2 Inbouse Flood website development and maintenance, individual In house development P-IS i) hiring support staff Consultancy 1.926 4 31.05.08 shopping of website in progress ii) hiring one system 3.1 Plan Stakeholder workshops, meetings and training at Hqs P-16 and up to field office, and commlll1ity level for support to conduct Training Individual 4 25.05.07 4 25.09.07 29.02.08 of workshops, meeting and training 3. Training being inhouse P-17 3.2 Implement programme & plan of3.1 Training 6.00 2 30.04.08 conducted by W ALMI 3.3.1 Training in satellite data processing and GIS Training B-1 SSS-NRSA 02.04.07 30 days 04.05.07 P-18 3.3.2 Training on procurement Procedures for the World Bank Training B-2 CQS-JNTU 2.734 18.05.07 10 days 29-05-07 29.05.07 aided projects Training 13-3 SSS- ASCI 11.01.08 10 days 01.02.08 P-19 4.1 Development of OEM Consultancy Individual 1.2 12.06.07 1.5 10.12.07 31.03.08 P-20 4.2 Generation of customized rainfall forecasts Consultancy SSS-IMD no cost 07.06.07 7 31.05.08 4. Improving nood 24.10.07 forecast modeling 13.5 24.07.07 3 P-21 4.3 Develop models for improved flood forecasting Consultancy CQS for ph- I+II 31.05.08 6.72 3 1'-24 4.4 Innovative inwldation modeling Consultancy CQS S.OO 4 31.05.08 S. Developing a plan for upgrading 5.1 Develop plan for strengthening hydrologic network, telemetry, hydrologic P-22 Consultancy Individual 6 07.06.07 4 07.10.07 30.04.08 measurements, etc telemtry and FMIS 6.1 FMIS integration in flood management manuals and action 6. Updating Bihar P-23 Consultancy Individual 6 25.05.07 4 25.09.07 30.04.08 plans, and institutional arrangements flood control manuals Provision for essential contingent expenditures involved in 2.00 procurement process Total 219.271 NRSA - National Remote Sensing Agency, BIRSAC - Bihar Remote Sensing Applications Centre, NCMRWF - National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, WALMI - Water and Land Management Institute, SSS- Single Source Selection, CQS - Consultants' Qualification based Selection, FMISC - Flood Management Information System Cell, DEM - Digital Elevation Model Note:- underlined costs are estimated costs i.e for packages p-15, p-17, p-24 & for contingent expenditures Procurement Plan 23.05.08 Target Expected Actual i committed date for Assignment Package Procnrement Procurement date for IActual Revised expected Project activity Item estimated Value in contract duration ( No. Category mode contract Completion completion date Rs. Lakhs award in months) award Date I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 1.1 Preparation of Cartosat data mosaic of focus area Consultancy SSS- NRSA 20.2 04.05,07 L5 05.11.07 completed I.l.a. Preparation of additional Cartosat mosaic of whole II SSS ·NRSA P-l 6 05.11.07 completed districtcs 27.10.07 Consultancy I I.l.b Preparation of Cartosat mosaic of additional districts of SSS· NRSA 10.853 31.05.08 30.06.08 North Bihar .~ uenera lOll or processeu msrone Kaoars. an" op lea sa eu,," 04.10.07 P-2 data Consultancy SSS - NRSA 5 04.05.07 1.5 completed 1.3 Generation of processed 2007 flood season Radarsat aud 04.10.07 P-3 Consultancy SSS -NRSA 6 04.05.07 5 completed optical satellite data (as needed basis) P-4 1.4 Developing additional database for integration in FMIS Consultancy CQS 45 11.09.07 4 31.10.07 30.06.08 15 Topographic map digitization as per FMIS P-5 Consnltancy SSS- Survey oflndia 7.725 08.06.07 1.5 0310812007 completed specifications 31.12.07 P-6 1.6 FMIS facilitatioll Consultancy SSS-B1RSAC 8.158 14.08.07 14 31.10.07 completed 1.7 Develop modalities for community outreach, P-7 Consultancy Individual 6 24.05.07 4 23-09-07 31.05.08 preparedness, and flood management I. Preparation of Goods Shopping 3.182 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed FMlS 1.8 Computer for remote sensing and GIS software (2 Nos) P-8 1.9 HP Desiglljet 500 PostScript printer (42 Inch) Goods Shopping 1.934 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed 1.10.1 UPS + Battery Goods Shopping 1.143 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed P-9 1.10 .2 Diesel generator Goods Shopping 2.705 0.5 15.07.07 completed P-IO 1.11 Remote sensing (ERDAS Imagine) software Goods Proprietary 9.625 01.03.07 0.5 23.03.07 completed P-ll 1.12 GIS (ArcGIS) software Goods Proprietary 22 07.03.07 0.5 30.03.07 completed 1.13 Oracle RDBMS (1 license), Windows XP Professional SP2+ P-12 Antivirus software (enterprise version), Visu.1 C++ (2Iiteuses), Goods Shopping 1.132 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed Visual Basic (2 licenses) First version software by Non- Develop integrated FMlS database, develop and integrate 31 Oct, secolld version procurement application software, implement in Patna, and maintain Consultancy SSS-NRSA 04.05.07 2.3 ltMl and integrated database b for I year 3105.08 Sub Total 156.657 CO. B.F. 145.804 I 2 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 10 II P-B Hiring HR finn Not takennp recruitment by P-14 2.1. Hiring consultants for operational support Consultancy Individual 18.620 5 31.10.07 30.06.08 2.Creation of FMISC flood website 2.2 Inhouse Flood website development and maintenance, individual P-IS i) hiring support staff Consultancy 2.560 In honse by FMISC 4 30.06.08 shopping ii) purchase of software for website development 3.1 Plan Stakeholder workshops, meetings and training at Hqs and P-16 np to field office, and commnnity level for support to conduct of Training Individual 4 25.05.07 4 25.09.07 31.05.08 workshops, meeting and training 3. Training P-17 3.2 Implement programme & plan of 3.1 Training 6.00 lin house by WALMI 2 31.0508 3.3. I Training in satellite data processing and GIS Training B- I SSS-NRSA 02.04.07 30 days 04.05.07 P-18 3.3.2 Training on procurement Procedures for the World Bank Training B-2 CQS-JNTU 2.734 18.05.07 10 days 29-05-07 29.05.07 aided projects Training B-3 SSS- ASCI 11.01.08 10 days 01.02.08 31.03.08 P-19 4.1 Development of OEM Consultancy Individual 1.2 12.06.07 I.5 10.12.07 completed P-20 4.2 Generation of customized rainfall forecasts Consultancy SSS-IMD 110 cost 07.06.07 7 completed 4. Improving flood forecast modeling 13.5 24.07.07 3 24.10.07 30.06.08 P-21 4.3 Develop models for improved flood forecasting Consultancy CQS 3 forph-l P-24 4.4 Innovative inundation modeling Consultancy CQS NOT TAKEN liP s. Developing a plan for upgrading 5.1 Develop plan for strengthening hydrologic network, telemetry, hydrologic P-22 Consultancy Individual 6 07.06.07 4 07.10.07 30.06.08 measurements, etc telerntry and FMIS 6.1 FMIS integratiou in flood management manuals and action P-B Consultancy Individual 6 25.05.07 4 25.09.07 31.05.08 6. Updating Bihar plans, and institutional arrangements flood control manuals Provision for essential contingent expenditures involved in 2.00 procurement process Total 219.271 NRSA - National Remote Sensing Agency, BIRSAC - Bihar Remote Sensing Applications Centre, NCMRWF - National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, WALMI - Water and Land Management Institute, SSS- Single Source Selection, CQS - Consultants' Qualification based Selection, FMISC - Flood Management Information System Cell, DEM - Digital Elevation Model Note:- underlined costs are estimated costs i.e for packages p-1.1b, p-15, p-H & for contingent expenditures Govt. of Bihar Finance Department For "cllon cc; Letter No.- 3 %'f~t( ~f; From A V Chatllrvedi, Additional Finance Commissioner, CD's file Finance Deptt. Govt.of Bihar ~----~~~~----~ ru Madhusudan Prasad Joint Secretary Ministry of Finance Room ~(l. - 166 D, North Block Dept. of Economic Aflairs, Govt. ofIndia New Ddhi PatnaiDated:- ( I i.. ' (' [.,. ,I) 1 -" Sub: - Regarding rescheduling FMIS Project Bihar project closure from 31 May to 30th June 2008-DFID Grant for Bihar Flood Management Infonnation System of the Water Resources Dept. Govt. of Bihar under DFID - Bank Trust Fund for India Grant Numbers - TF 057071. Ref: - Leiter from Mr Dalip Kapur, Under Secretary (FB), Ministry of Finance, Derartl11cnt Economic Affairs, Govl. of India, F. No-3/112006-FB-III, Dated- 14! March, 2008 Sir, The project has made substantial progress by now, with 14 procurement packages completed, and 6 more will be completed by the current closure date. 'Ibe balance three packages wiII require additional three weeks beyond the current closure date. Status of the last three packages is given below: I. P-4: De . . eloping additional database/or integration in FMIS. Under this package twenty two data layers are being developed by the consultant ROLTA India Ltd. Out of these twenty two, twenty layers have been received by FMfSC. These layers are being checked and corrections made on-site in Patna. Rest two layers are also being developed simultaneously. After getting all the corrected layers as per specification attributes will be attached to each layer and the quality check report of all deliverables will be submitted by the consultant. The whole process may take three more weeks and expected to complete by June 21,08. 2. P-21: - Improved Flood Forecast Modeling: -This activity has been delayed due to delayed supply of data from IMDI ewe. While the hourly rainfall data from IMD has been received, supply of hourly gauge data from ewe has been unduly delayed,. and is 110W expected before end May. The FMISe has requested the consultant to provide additional resources on priority and complete it within one month by the end of June 2008. 3. P-22: - Strengthening Hydrologic Network and Telemetry: - The draft l1nal report was submitted by the consultant and reviewed by the members of the technical committee. The committee has given few suggestions which have been communicated to the consultant to revise the report accordingly. The revised final draft report is awaited after further analysis and data collection. Submission of final report would require three more weeks. On the disbursement side we have submitted a claim of reimbursement for the quarter January March 2008 for Rs. 133.81 lac against total project cost of Rs. 219.271 lac. Till date actual disbursement is Rs. 145.3 lac which will rise up to Rs. 152 lac (approx) i.e. nearly 70% of the total project cost by the present closure date 31 51 May 08. In view of the above facts and circumstances, we request extension of closure date till 30th June 2008, which will help in completion of all the remaining activities and successful completion of this prestigious project. Enclosures: i) Current physical and disbursement Status ii) IFR ( 1A & I B) for quarter ending March 2008. iii) Updated Procurement Plan Letter No. - ~ <6 , ~(W PatnalDated:- ~n Copy to: I. Javier Zuleta, Senior Water Resources Specialist, World Bank 2. Mr Dalip Kapur. Under Secretary (FB), Ministry of Finance, Department or Economic Affairs, Govt. of India 3. Ms. Isabel Guerrero, Country Director, The World Bank New Delhi Office, 70- Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 4. Mandakini Kaul, Country Officer, World Bank for' necessary action. t $talu.a 23.05.08 dbbantmut plau "'- Prl)jtd *c:tivity r .... No. itt'm PrO ca r~,·rf'pr ~.... tutus! (tunplrtt6n ~&n.tdu I : l 4 5 6 7 • , I~ II 1.1 I'n!pvooion orCottow dau "'.,.... off""", ""'. Coosuluncy SSS·NRSA 20.2 2()2 0,1 nil nil I~' 1'-1 1.1.. Prq>onlI>M of oddIli...at Canoul ..ONIC 1.2 O •• enboo of proceued hlll""c iUd&I .... and optical ~lite Coo Muncy SSS .NRSA 6 6 OIl nil ttil 100% I 1'-1 CoosuJl&ncy SSS ·NRSA 5 5 nil ml ml oompje'cd ly 1'-4 1.4 Dc-.:loplOg .ddltK>ue for '.'egranOll in ,>tIS ConlUluncy CQS 45 9.00 36.000 ..I )6000 36~. being pn:p.ved ~"". in IlK.. I.yen are bolngdone by ROLTA .wtin FMISC I.S T~e _ dia;ozalioa .. per fMIS SSS· s.n.:y or 1".5 CoosuJLuIcy 7.725 7.725 nd nll ml 100% """,pI- 1pOti6..w- loduo - 1.06 0.38 lac it..,.;ng. "'""",, __ being ..-c.olemplctod 1'., 1.10 .2 Di.... g1 S JS ! 15 q(lOY. 05{)7 Ioc """'O.I>M>O rNIoca"'" Cool.uh.ancy tnolVldUJlI 17YII 1161' 7'): to moAt ...~ data PtOCUf')rt'WlIf'lt (p.!ltd) 2.(:',.,..1_R or ~ Oo.o-d"f'b\lit( Erlalitb ¢diuoo ofwcbsi", 2.2 Inboo!.C flood wehlit~ d~oprnt'nt and maini~.nct_ devdopod. Hindi ..... "" of wobtito tft.chviduaJ 06 i. _ _ 0.2.4 lao .... "I oflhi. i} hiring wpport sWf Coolt.dta.ncy ~ 0.36 2.14{1 U 90% tboppiog (paid) 1') pu.n;;hue of s.oftware paobae .beifta ,..p0Clled 10 ._--_.. 3. i Plan StUcholdct ..... or1ahcps. rnu~_: 19Ji and tr&ining 6t HG5 - ------ additional_lite data dnUl.linIl..,... ill fioal ...... ~ ~ 24.0MI -- 1'·1. Lnd up 10 field office. and community i:vd (Of iUpprort to (;UllduC'! TraJM1ng lndl1o'ldua.l 4 2 2000 U 0.8 80")" ofWOf,ksbops. meehng and rra.ining ~--, ,-.,,--~ - all~~-IY 3.l'nuli"g 0.5 O.~ c & pIli! of: I TrainIng ~ 55 3_).1 Trainr~ in satdj,tc dita prl,X'~tsing MId GIS Training B·I S5.<;,.NRSA 100% tomplelAo. Draft lot ',CfMIo. 5.1 Dcvclop pl.n foc ",."gtht-ning b)'lrologic ...twork, liaal repo<1.. will roqui.. ............, _ "" ........ . . ,....ft., P·l! tdemetty. etc COIl.IUitotlC)' Individual 6 3.000 3.000 nit 3.00 50% rot'ccmpldioo ~ ••• fMJS .--. llAlliooI _ _ ......bSOl. 6_ i fMlS inu:gntioo in flood mMq:~ent manual. and .cbon ~bJ6tmYw~OIt Indiv;,suoJ (; ).000 l.20 /6, Upda'i., flood coolrOl Bib. P·D plAns. lind in1tJtuboooa! arn:n£rm1-t!1lll ConrulUncy ---- 3.000 1.8 80% 21.0$_0i.rcp1t1"IDb:~"pci I IIUnllflb ProviJioft for tSlt'.tial coatwitllt t'lptlldifaru invotnd in ~ 09 1.100 05 0.6 pnKdftllltnt prou-n -- ---------_._._, toW ..mog afRo 11.&41 lac: bang r<:allacall:d to """" -nile To-tal lt9-171 13U64 79.707 11.MO 64.300 64% dol> procurd M.n."' ..... l.r......... loo S,.,.., C.n. DEM • Ditiul Ek •• lioR M<>dd - NoI.,· under1IMd costs or....lIm..... c_l_e for p,"""""". 1>-16. 1>-17 1>-24 & for .ltIHOndI_ Proeuremenl Plan 23.05.08 T.rgd EIp«led Actual J cOlllmi"ed date for Assignm."1 PUQ&:I:' Procuremeut Procurement dale for IActual Rt'lised '"p«led ProJet:f IctIVil)' hem alimeted Vol"" ia contract duration ( No. Cllrgory mode contraC"t ComplriiWn"""""""""""vJ>ll""''''''''"'': Consultancy SSS-NRSIl !9..lli S 04.05.07 31.05.08 U 30.06.08 04.10.07 completed 1.3 GeDenIUon or processed 2007 flood season \Udarsat and 04.10.07 P·l Consultancy SSS·NRSA 6 04.05.07 5 completed opli<;al satellite dahl (as needed basis) P-4 1.4 Developing additional database fur mtegration In fMlS Consultancy CQS 45 I L09.07 4 H.IO.07 30.06.08 I.S Topographic map digilization as pet fMlS SSS,SuNeyof P-5 ConsulhIDcy 7.125 08.06.07 15 0810312007 completed speci~ India 31.12.07 P-6 1.6 fMlS facililalion Consultancy SSS - DIItSAC 8.1~g 14.08.07 \4 31.10.07 compieled p.? 1.1 De..elop modalitie.s lOr commllllily outreach, and flood manuemcnt CollSulhlDC)' Individu.ol 6 24.0S.07 . 4 23-09·07 31.0S.08 I. Prep.... tioa of Goods Shopping 3.182 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 rompleled 1.8 Computer for remote sensing and QlS software (2 Nos) FMIS P-8 1.9 HP Designjct 500 I'o!IIScripl printer (42 inch) Goods Shopping 1.934 09.04.07 0.5 13.06.07 completed 1.10. t UPS + Battery Goods Shoppong 1.143 09.04.01 0.5 13.0607 completed p., 1.10 .2 Diesel peralor Goods Shopprng 2.705 0.5 IS.07.l11 completed P-IO 1.11 R_ _ iIlg(ERDAS lmagmc)softw_ Goods I'ropncwy 9.625 01.03.07 0.5 23.03.07 completed P-ll U2 GIS (An::GIS) software Goods I'ropriela.ly 22 07.03.07 0.5 30.03.07 completed 1.13 Dmde RDBMS (lli=>.Se), Windows XP I'rofmional SP2+ 1'·12 Antivirus soliwan. (eut~se v=.on), Visual C++ (2 licenses). Goods Sboppmg 1.132 09.04.07 0.) 13.06.07 completed Visual Basic ( 21i=>.Ses) -- Firs! VClSIOn software by Dcm:Iop illtegrated I'MIS database, develop and iIIt"8l1lle - N.. 31 Oct, second version appliadion software, implement in Pama, and maII1Iain COIISUlIancy SSS-NRSA 04.05.07 2.) and ~ted dall.base lOr I year by 31.05.08 SubTotal 1S6.657 CO. B. F. 145.804 1 1 l 4 5 6 1 8 I 9 10 11 Not takc:n up 1'-13 Hiring HR finn - -- I 2.Cruu." or flood websil. 1'-14 2. I. lIiring consuiLanU lOr operational support CcnsulW\Cy Individual lMl!! r=mtl1lcn1 by 1'~IISC 5 31.1007 30.06.08 2.2 Inhouse Flood website development and maiNeru",,,,,, individual In OOll3C by FMISe 30.06.08 1'-15 i) hiring support staff ConsulW\Cy ~ 4 shopping iii purchase of software fur website development 3.1 Plan Stakeholder worlshop., meeting5 and trairung a' Hqs and 1'-16 up to field office, and oo01munity level for support to condUCI of Tnurung Individual 4 2~.05.07 4 25.09.07 31.05.08 worbhops. meeting and traming 3. Training 3.2 Implement progTllmn..- & plBn of 3.1 Training lin house by W ALMI 2 31.05.08 1'-17 ~ 3.3.1 Training in satellite dalI processing and GIS Training S-I SSS-NRSA 02.04.07 30 days 04.05.07 1'-18 3.3.2 Training OIl proctm:ma1t Procedu",. for the World Bank TTllining B-2 CQS·JNTIJ 2.734 18.05'(t7 10 da)"! 29-0S-07 29.05.07 aided proiects TraininR B-3 SSS- ASCI 11.0US 16 daYS 01.02.08 f----- 31.03.06 1'-19 4.1 Development of OEM COIl.!!Wt:anCY Individual 1.2 12.06.07 15 10.12.07 completed P-lli 4.2 GeneratIOn of CUS10frJzed rain"'l1 fu~s's Coruultaney SSS-IMD IlO cost 01.06.07 7 completed ~.I"p"""I·C_ r..."",.t_.liJlR 13.5 24.07.07 3 24.10.07 30.06.08 1'·21 4.3 Develop models fur improved flood /Orecasllng Cottmltaney CQS 3 fOr ph-I r·14 4.4 lnoo\'llliv.: intilldari(ll) modebnj: Consultancy CQS NOTTAKENUr -,- s. o...lopi.,. • ,.... r.. ...... ~ ........,._mrs 1'-12 5 I Develop plan etc fOI slTf:llgthming hydroloF:le nelWorlc, telemetry. Col1Sllltancy lndividWII 6 67.06.07 4 OUO.07 )0.06,08 p.2J 6.1 FMIS intcllfItion iii Ilood management manuals and action 6. Updlliog Bihar Conswlancy Individual 6 25.05.07 4 25.09.07 31.05.08 plans. and institutionallUTlngcments flood cOllrrol mallub Provision for "5~n..ial conliDgr,,! npo:nditun!' illvolv...t ill 'Ir J:wremtnt proe-ts6 -I 1.l3 _ _ 0_),W_XP _ s n > _ _ _ (-..;.. - . V ..... Ct+(2_J.V..... _ ( 1 ~ 2. ~ 1!-0ct-06 I 1Li.,..... I . .----1-- 11t.'--=--1 r-"~ <:_01_ .... l\N.:lI --~.~ 2.10p0n0i000I_ ! U.I HDilIIlIIIw ~ ...... _ 19,$ 4Jl) - _oI:--· 1-- ,- I :t. u _ _ """"-- ...... """ - WMoIIoI 1- l_for811t., I ~ CQS 10 2.1.2.1 .lII-_-«> ~ ~.5 ~ ~-~- 111~ M_ ~ .. .. r...... 1 • .--~- I UN 1--'" .............. '--- ~ I .3.'t~lftoitt, w_-----.oo1:--' 3.'.....-__ .. NIISA _ I"~-' ., , T....... ..... U sssc....._ CQS (bot;I>-1I) 6 13.3,1 11.11 ! JO._-«> -- ! 3.321'''''''' _ _ , , _ _ _ boo:b-IIl __ SS$-ASCI ! ._-. WT... ,,_.oN ..~ I - .... .. lJ.JJ ) 61 f .--::-~~- ~ :=r---- U "l~oI:____ -r-- c--'-> I --~-- 1----.-+--- .lsn_"'_ at"'-. UtlM!cp_ .............. _~ '--' SSS-HOU\WF Il I 1181 . I Ij·_-<16 -~---- .......... - - - . ~ COS IS )J_1J 10-N0.-1)6 ---- --- L_.__. K.B. Shukla hier EIIl,!illl'l'r. P \(''1' PACT l .1'. Water Sector l{cstrUl'llIrillg Project Irrigatioll Dl'pa,'tnH.'IIt. l ,I', Pakari Ka 1'111. \11' Road, .\Iamhagh. LUc\\I1(l\\-226012 Ph: IJ52:!-H22 ro:pll!'l oj' !tbpccti. 1 n \.,i· \\ (1rk, Pi' "ils,-'cTah,ld i)\ ')\sklll \111 .2(1-(I:'-i):-; r'hi,,:, Itl! '. nUl" Iliforlll,di.lii pk·:I'-c. \\ ilil h.:st regard", 1'1 ... Javier' ZlIlcla. Scnior Wall:r Resource Spcl'iaiisl. 8: 'lask Team! cadL'r LPWSRP. \\"rld Bank. ~() Lolli Estale. \iL'\\ -!)l,'lhi-11 000., Govt. of Bihar Finance Department Letter No,· ~ ct, ) ~Fr..~ ! From A V ChaturvedL Additionai Finance Commissioner. Finance Deptt. Govt.ofBihar To rVladhuSlldan Prasad Joint Secretary Ministry of Finance Room No. - 166 0, North Block Dept. of Economic Affairs, Govt. of India New Delhi Patna/Dated:· 02. . Ob - ~()l?' Sub: - Regarding rescheduling FMIS Project Bihar project closure from 31 May to 30th June 2008-DFID Grant for Bihar Flood Management Infonnation System of the Water Resources Dept. Govt. of Bihar under DFID - Bank Trust Fund for Indi41 Grant 1\umbers - TF 05707]. Ref: - Letter from Mr Dalip Kapur, Under Secretary (FB), Ministry of Finance, Derartment Economic Affairs, GOVL ofIndia, F. No-31112006-FB-IIl, Dated- 141 March, 2008 Sir, The project has made substantial progress by now, with 14 procurement packages completed, and 6 more will be completed by the current closure date. The balance three packages will require additional three weeks beyond the current closure date. Status ofthe last three packages is given below: 1. P-4: Developing additional database/or integration in FMIS. Under this package twenty two data layers are being developed by the consultant ROLTA India Ltd. Out of these twenty two, twenty layers have been received by FMISC. These layers are being checked and corrections made on-site in Patna. Rest rn.o layers are also being developed simultaneously. After getting all the corrected layers as per specification attributes will be attached to each layer and the quality check report of all deliverables will be submitted by the consultant. The whole process may take three more weeks and expected to complete by June 21, 08. 2. P-21: - Improved Flood Forecast Modeling: -This activity has been delayed due to dc1aycd supply of data from IMDI ewe. While the hourly rainfall data from IMD has been n.;ceived, supply of hourly gauge data from ewe has been unduly delayed, and is now expected before end May. The FMISe has requested the consultant to provide additional resources on priority and complete it within one month by the end of June 2008. 3. P-22: - Strengthenillg Hydrologic Network and Telemetry: - The draft final report was submitted by the consultant and reviewed by the members of the technical committee. Tbe committee has given few suggestions which have been communicated to the consultant to revise the report accordingly. The revised final draft report is awaited aner further analysis and data collection. Submission of final report would require three more weeks. On the disbursement side we have submitted a claim of reimbursement for the quarter January - March 2008 for Rs. 133.8 J lac against total project cost of Rs. 219.271 lac. Till date actual disbursement is Rs. 145.3 lac which will rise up to Rs. 152 lac (approx) i.e. nearly 70% of thl: total project cost by the present closure date 3 151 May 08. In vie,\> t)f tile above facts and circumstances, we request extension of closure th date till 30 June 2()08. which will help in completion of all the remaining activities and successful com :'H) of this prestigious project. Ene Insure,:: 1) Cum:nt .;sical and disbursement Status ji) IFR (1:\ & IB) for quartcr ending March 2008. iii) tJpdak,! Prrxuremcnt Plan Procurement Plan 23.05.08 Target I . K'p«led I f'r'ojtcC _c-tl"'ty Pa('"k.a~t' ;"0. Ittm l)riKuremeut Cllegory Procurement mOOr A dot. ror contract .......... rd d f Itt' or (untOIll; t IWU1:l A"lgIll1ltnt m months! , t!Uf"41tJOfl ( , IAc1u11 (:omp!etitm O.'t flt""ed upecttd ,ompktioll date I I 2 3 .:I S 6 7 8 ') III II 1.1 Preparation of Canosat data mowc offocus ar"" CoosuIllII1Cy SSS· l'.I1- Develop ioIegrarcd FMIS database , develop aDd inlegrale 31 Oct. serond version app~ software. implement III ralnll. and IXIII.inIJin Consultancy SSS-NRSA 04,0507 2.3 and inltgnlted database "- lOr I year by 31.05,08 Sub Tollli tS6.6~7 CO. - B. F. 145.804 ,- J 1 ) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 P-Il Hiring IIR finn !'.'otW;.,,, up - recruilm<:Jlt b) P-I~ 2, l. Hiring consultants lOr operational support COlUull3ncy Individual ll!:ili 2.Crutioll of flood .. ~bsIle +_._-- I~USC " JUO,n 30,0606 1.2 Inhouse F\ood websiledevclopmenl and m.:lllltcnancc. ,ndividual polS iJ hiring suppon staff COl15u1tancy 2.560 In ~.ouse by !-MISe I 30,00,08 shopping ill purchase of software for website development 3.1 Plan Stakeholder woOOhops, meetings and lJ:aining at Ilqs and P·16 up 10 field office. and coll1lUWlity level tOr support to conduct of Training Individual <1 25,05.07 I 25,1)9,07 31.05.08 workshops. meeting and lraining J, Training 3,2 Implement programme & plan 00, I Training 6.00 - Itn 00= by WALMI P-17 2 31,05,08 3,3.1 Training in sateUitedata proc<:SSing and GIS Training B-1 SSS·NRSA 02,04,07 30 day. 04,Oj,()7 P-I!! 3.3.2 Training on procul.:menl l'rcIcdurcs lOr the World Bank Training 11-2 CQS-JNTU 2.734 18,05,07 10 days 29·0S-07 29,05,07 aided projects Training 11-3 SSS·ASCI 11.01,03 10 dayS 01.02,08 31.03,08 P-l9 4.1 Development ofDEM ConsWtancy Individual 1.2 12,06.07 IS 10.12,07 comp/eled P-20 4.2 GeneIation of customized llIinfuil roreaslS Consultancy SSS-IMD nocosl 07.06.07 7 completed 4. ,..prov;&l_ r~ ....'I-1 1'-2~ 4.4 IWIOYalh.. inundation modeling CO/I$ultancy CQS ;';OTl'AKEN til' -. S.~.pIu"" "PIndio&~ ...-.. ........."udnllS p-u 5, I Develop plan for strengthening hydrologic network. telemetry, etc COMullancy Individual 6 07,06.01 .\ 07,10.07 30.0<>.OS 6,1 !'MIS inlegration i~ Oood 1lWIIIgement manuals and action 1'.2.) C01l5Wlancy Individual 6 25,05,07 4 25.09.07 31.05,08 6. Updatillg Bihar plans, and inslilutionnllllTangements 0000 CGolrol manuals Provisioll for ~SCIlIlaI contingellt expelldituru involved in ~ liroc:urrDlHt process TotAl 21?271 NRSA. Natio1l1l1 Remote SeMi.. g Agency, B1RSAC. mbr Remote Sensing Appli,"lions Centre. NCMRWF - N.tio",,1 C'lItr~ for Medium Range Weather FOl'KlI'ling. WAUlll· Water and ~nd Manall.emenlinstilllle, SSS- Singl. s..uru Selrctioll, CQS - Consultutl>' QualifJC.lllion based Selection, FMISC - Flood Mln.goment Informalion Syslem Cell, DEM • Digital .:I..'.tion Model - -~------ Note;- underlined costs are estimated costs 1.9 fOf packages p-1.1b, p-15. p-17 & for contlngont oxpendlturos Io.38tac $.!lviug in libmte p.lh:-klges I 2 J ~ 5 , 7 ~ ') I" II p.!j HiringHR firm No< tAl:en ur ~-- - p-u 2.1, HUlns ,oolUltan15 1Q1' opc.ra.uon.tllUppon CoruO!1.Ii;iCY !llcil"HluAI 17.371 i 1."'-' 5. ~\ S ! 11·. 0507 lac &avioog:, being roaQocattKJ to ~m r..al"lklJ;!: da!a prut:.t..:fflme.'lt 1.CrutiaooC Rood .~bsil(' '- -_. Enghlh edttlQfl t>fwebsite 2.2 1 . _ i'1""" _ .... devclopma>t and m...._.oC<'. developed. Hindi version of webSite tootY1duaJ 06 1'_15 ;) hiring RlPpon...rr Coowh..tnC)' ~ 0.36 2140 IJ 90''/, in progn:u. 0.241"" ...vioS ofthl. Olt ...., ... 5.~ ...... -- to the """o.uIlaJJl to "",.. lb. Draft ~ .~ 1'-12 5.1 Develop pion for ..... gtl...".B hydrolog;.; net"""" CMsulll_ Individual 6 3000 3.000 nit 3.00 ~O",;, final rcp«t.• will ""lUi'" _ ...,.. IdcmClJ)!. etc _ ... .... nlls fo< compl.uoa OhftbllrtpClftNCCMd(lCi 19}}S.oa. 6.1 FMIS integration i. Rood m_gemenl llWIII&I. and &Clio. ~b:tlhcraicw~(!Q P.23 Consullaney IndIVIdual I> 3000 J.OOO 1.8 110 8"...,.....II.Co.".,.'loo Sy.. , . Cd!. VEM - 0 ....1 EkYa'loo Modd I NoW:· undwIlMd CO$IS ... Hlimatad costs I.a fer ~ p-16, ~17 p-24 & for aXJMndl_ "'- , I stallls 23.1 15.08 r- diWUJ'R1D~lll pbB r- Adul' ~QDI . .iUN b .. b.('~ ,...... Pro nIl nIl nit 100% 1 2: Gencc.tbon of procc:u.ed hiltonc. Radarsat And opbC1JJ ~tc::htt «(''mplc:erl 1'·2 C""",luncy S5S - NItS ... S ml nit nit lt~<. dal.> P-J I 3 Gg 100',. ccmpteteJ 1.8 Ccmputcf" fOf' remote Kniin8 ond GIS J.Oft~.re 12 ~OJ) JUS! >,IR1 011 nil 1'-3 1,9/lP o..ipje. SQO P.,..Scnp' print« (42 inch) Good, S"""","" 1 934 1.9J4 nil nfl nI' 100% wmpleted Good. ~ Ll4J 114) I'Ifi no! lOO'llo P-9 I 10.1 UPS + allltery 1.10 2 Ditsd gktcJ V.su.UIl ..ic ( 2 lium.,) -. ..... pro«t....... 0<:\"1",, inlej!rlted fMIS da..b ..... d""dop oM lftle8fllle Ipplict.tioo softw3fe', Implcment m Patna~ ud mlflntam for 1 ye4r ConsultAnCY SSS-l'R~A "--" ".-~~.-- !-•.. _ - .----~ 2nd verSJon h.;u. bctn Jeh"to{:' Project Plan Actual Plan Actual Plan Actual Sources of funds -- "_ .. World Bank (Through GOI and GoB) 4,690,000 1,932,700 18,019,300 13,291,630 21,927,100 13.381,195 Total SoUl'CGII Applk:atlon of funds --- I 1 Preoarlllion 01 FMIS 1,980,000 1,072,840 13,280,200 10,679,874 14,682,000 10,679,874 2 Creation 01 Flood Control Website for Bihar 685.860 686,860 1.272,100 1.197,424 1,929,700 1,197,424 -- 420,000 174,000 620,000 449,332 1,273.400 - 449.332 - 3 Training .----- 4 ImllfOVino flood fotecaslil1ll Module 1,341,000 0 1,107.000 465.000 2,642,000 466.000 5 8 Plan for uP!ll"8dim measurements 300,000 0 600,000 300,000 600,000 300,000 6 Updllling Bihar Flood Control Manuals 300,000 0 GOO,OOO 300,000 600,000 300,000 continaencv 200,000 I 89.566 6,026,860 1,932,700 18,079,300 13.291,630 21,927,100 13,381,195 Total The necessal)' $Upport....g documents induding contracts subslanbaling this eKpendilure is retained a\ WAlMI, Phulwarishaflt. Palna & FMISC and are available for review. IFR ·18 Govt. of Bihar Finance Department Letter No.- 1. ~ ) ¥~ ~:J , i •.. From A V Chaturvedi. Additional Finance Commissioner. Finan . :.:~ Dept!. Govt.of Bihar To Madhusudan Prasad Joint Secretary Ministry of Finan..::e Room )\u. 166 0, North Block Dcpt. ofTconomic At1airs, Govt. of India Nc\\ Delhi PatnalDated:- ()')..., '.) to. .-C f\ "j: Sub: - Submis$ion of Grant proposal of FMIS (Phase II) Bihar Project under Water Resources Dept. Govt. of Bihar. Sir, The project clo~llre dale ofFMIS (Phase I) Bihar Project -DFID Grant for Bihar Flood Management Infom1ution System of the DFID - Bank Trust Fund for India Grant Numbers - TF 057071 is 31 May 2008. The project activities are nearly complete Therefore we are in a position to the move on to the next follow on phase of this project i.e FMIS (Phase fI) Bihar Project. A Grant proposal for Phase II worth Rs 11.92 crore (equivalent to US $ 3.03 million @ I US $= Rs 39.31) has been prepared and is submitted for the consideration of the WOr1~~. Endosures: as above I ~( Yours faithfully rf,'T\~ (A V U~~i) //\ . Letter No. - ~ ~ ) tTr'(~ PatnalDated:- <' l.. <:I I:J. ) -'l\l go Copy to: 1. Javier Zuleta, Senior Water Resources Specialist, World Bank 2. Mr Dalip Kapur, Under Secretary (FB), Ministry of Finance, Department "'f Economic Affairs, Govt. oflndia 3. Ms. Isabel Guerrero, Country Director, The Wo a B New Delhi Office, 70- Lodhi Estate, New Delhi ! 4. Mandakini Kaul, Country Officer, World Bank fori formation and necessary action.' 0 (' (/'{\I?~ \ \ J' (A V ,,~\ii) ~/ Funding Proposal For Recipient Executed Window DFID Trust Fund to Enhance Bank Effectiveness in Enabling Reforms and Poverty Reduction in Support of Government of India's Five-year Plan (TF054784) 1. Title of proposed activity: Bihar Flood Management Information System Phase II 2. Recipient: Government of India 3. Implementing Entities: WATER RESOVRES DEPARTMENT GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. Contact lnfonnation: WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT Sinchai Bhawan, Patna Pin - 800 015 Te\- 0612-2217040 Fax - 0612- 2215850 E-mail- wrd.bih@nic.in Bihar Flood Management Information System Cell 2 nd Floor, Jal Sansadhan Bhawan Anisabad, Patna - 800 002 Ph + Fax - 0612- 2256999 E-mail: -finiscbihar@yahoo.co.in 5. World Bank Contact Person: Javier Zuleta, Senior Water Resources Specialist 71, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. 6. Theme/Sector: Water Resources Management, Flood Management 7. Timeframe for Program July 2008 to December 2010 1m plementation 8. Amount Requested (in USS) $: 3.03 million 9. Objectives of proposed activity: Attached with other details INDIA Bihar Flood Management Information System I)roposal for Technical Assistance for Phase II of FMIS A. Sector Context Bihar is India's most tlood~prone State, with 76 per cent of the population in the north living under the recurring threat of flood devastation, and being the poorest state of India, the MDG indicators are the lowest in India. The Government of Bihar has identified improvement of flood management as a priority area for all-round development of the State. The flood management so far has focused mostly on structural interventions (embankments, town/village protection, river training works, and river bank protection), and annual programme covering river training and bank protection works, drainage sluice works, and raising and strengthening of embankments. Non-structural interventions covered mainly flood forecasting by Central Water Commission (CWC) and empirical flood flow forecasting by WRD to support non~structural interventions. Flood plain zoning for regulation of flood plain activities is yet to be undertaken. The Second Bihar Irrigation Commission (1994) reiterated that flood management needs to "form part of the overall comprehensive plan for optimum development of water resources of a basin". The large scale flood damages in 2007 flood season has again reiterated the need for a comprehensive flood management strategy in the State, instead of ad-hoc and isolated interventions, covering an optimum suite of management interventions. Bihar accounts for 16.5% of the flood-prone area and 22.1% of the flood-affected population in India. The fluod prone area in Bihar accounts for 73 percent of its geographical area, and 76 percent of North Bihar, while the area protected by structural interventions is only 43 percent of Bihar area, and 68 percent of NOIth Bihar area. Flood damage is about 30 to 40 percent of all India damages. The rivers that regularly inundate the plains are the Ganga, Kosi, Burhi Gandak, Kamla, Adhwara group, Bagmati, and Gandak in north Bihar, and lower reaches of Sone and Pun pun rivers in south Bihar. The plains of Bihar. adjoining Nepal, are drained by a number of rivers that have their catchments in the steep and geologically nascent Himalayas. Torrential rains in the Nepal Himalayas have made these rivers in north Bihar- including the Ghaghra, the Gandak, the Burhi Gandak, the Bagmati l , the Bhutahi Balan, 2 the Kamala, the Kosi and the Mahananda - cany high discharge and very high sediment load down to the plains. Once the rivers enter the plains much of the silt begins to settle, raising the beds of the rivers\ shrinking their channels, blocking their flow. The rivers cut fresh paths through the sediment in the subsequent monsoon season. The flood are caused by inadequate carrying capacity and over-bank flow in un-embanked rivers, through gaps in embankment or embankment breaches and cuts, inadequate waterways in rail and road bridges, non-operation of sluice gates during floods, concurrent floods in main river and tributary, silting and change in river course and avulsion, drainage congestion behind and between embankments, drainage congestion between embankments of main river and tributaries. and impeded natural drainage and water logging caused by micro-relief. I Includes the Adhwara group of rivers 2 Monsoon silt load can be as much as 99 million tones in Burhi Gandak river, and ranges from 76 to 9S million tones in other rivers l The comparison of topographical the swveys conducted in 1989 and 2006 in Bagmati river at Benibad (2/3 of the length in India), indicates that the raise of the river-bed in Bagmati is 2 meters on an average reaching 4 meters in certain critical reaches. Drainage management, crucial to mitigate the impact of floods, has not been given its due importance. The Master Plan on Drainage developed in the seventies needs to be reviewed and upgraded. The drainage schemes implemented to relieve water-logging in about 1.5 lakh ha have become dysfunctional 4 due to no maintenance • The NABARD loan of about Rs. 350 crores in 2005-06 has been used only for initiating 13 schemes, of which only two schemes have been completed. The remaining 15 schemes originally proposed have been withdrawn due to higher proposed unit cost, with GoB deciding to execute these schemes out of State or centrally sponsored Command Area Development (CAD) funds at Rs. 4.000 per ha. Considering this shortage of financial resources, GoB has decided to restrict the drainage rehabilitation activities to those areas where standing waters can be easily drained before the Rabi sowing season (November 15 th ), covering about 30 percent of total waterlogged area only. So that this reclaimed land will be available for Rabi cultivation, and the residual inundated area could be used for developing fisheries and other aquaculture related activities. In the past three to four decades, the population has grown rapidly and human occupation of the tlood plains of the river has reached alarming proportions, resulting in increasing damages. It has b~en estimated that, from 1999 to 2005, the flood damagt:s reached Rs. 2655 crares (USD 531 millions). The capital expenditure on flood protection and drainage works each year amounts to Rs. 64.43 crores (USD 13 millions), and Rs, 108.54 crores (USD 21.5 millions) in revenue expenditure. The flood in 2007 was again very destructive affecting more than 190 blocks in 19 districts. and 32 embankment breaches. casing widespread damage to lives, crops and public and private property estimated at Rs. 33 J913 lakhs. The GoB requested for immediate central assistance of Rs. 521 crOTeS to restore the basic public damaged assets and systems. B. On·going Technical Assistance A World Bank Technical Assistance (T A) with DFlD Trust Fund is cllrrently under way to implement the first stage of the Flood Management Infonnation System (FMIS) to improve flood management in the State. The TA was agreed in Aug 06 and is scheduled for closure on May 31,2008. The substantial progress made in the first phase and the compelling need for technical enhancements and horizontal expansion to cover the whole flood-prone area in the State is the basis for the next phase of FMIS Phase II in the four-stage development framework. C. Proposal for FMlS Phase II The second and next phase of FMIS is planned at an estimated outlay of about US $ 3.33 millions (Rs.13.1l crores), with the following inter-related elements: a) develop a comprehensive Embankment Management Information System (EMIS) to sustain protection to flood-prone areas; b) upgrade knowledge base on flood hazard and extend to all flood prone districts of North Bihar c) upgrade timely and appropriate flood infonnation generation and delivery systems for better institutional and community preparedness in selected river basins; d) Improve community participation and outreach, and e) facilitate sharing of international knowledge and experience in developing appropriate FMIS. The strategy in Phase II would be to build upon the achievements in the earlier phase, with expanded geographic coverage (21 districts of North Bihar) and technical enhancements. Horizontal expansion would vary with the sub-component. The piloting of technical enhancements takes note of inter- connectivity between project sub-components, and fund constraints. 4The FY 2007-08 the budget for drainage is only Rs. 3081akhs, about Rs. 32 per ha of total waterlogged area in Bihar. The budget provision covers only completion of on-going schemes and investigation of new schemes, but does not include maintenance activities. This source of funding is a NAB ARD loan for Rs.179 lakhs. 2 Geographicnl Coverage ofPro,ject Components T --, .£~lTI~c_'!L_~~ _~ctivity and Linkages .LS; t:()gr~l)~i('coverag.£J I. i Expailsion of i Preparation \)1' spatial data sets for additional 10 i Whole north . spatial datab~~~ ._ _ 1 Districts, integration with ex~~ting FMlS l Bihar, _; 1.2 Sur\eys 11.2.1 Close-contour survc)', input to 1.4.4 ___ T'13agmati basin --i , 1.2,2 River survey, input to 1.4.3 TI~agmati, Kamla ) , and Bur!~LQ~~!~~_~~Sil . illflllt 10 !.5 I Bagmatl. Kamla I -- -_._--- .•. - - - -- ,----- i and Burhi Gandak basil 1A Imprm cd !.4 3 Flood forecast model. input to 1.5. I AA ···t-·i3;~I';~ti, K~~~la ·-'1 I,e: mockb , and Burhi Gandak basi! _4 ___ ~_~~~,,_~ _~_··l .~- ~ ------~----- 1.4.~II1~!~~~1~~l!~1l~2del:.i!,pHt fo~~ol11ll!!,!~ily ~lltr('a.;h Bagmati basin I \.,l.5 River migration model -B~~I11;~ti, K;\;~l;:---l Bu;hiGandal and Ganci!, ri ------+-1- vt:rs -~. --- 1.5 Emb,mkmtnl IllpUb th1l11 1.1. 1,2.2, I.:U. 14.3. and I A.5 . Bagillati. Kamla • . Man!\ months with all necessary sothvarc and hardware = Rs 9.00.000 Contingency··:: I:{S 1. 00,000 Total estimated cost Rs 10, 00,0001- 1.6 Infrastructure Augmenttltion: - tOlll ('0:";(- Rs 93, 45,O()OI- 1.6.1 Hardware and software: - Total Item Unit price Total price .J usCification units More Arc Info working seals are workstation 200000 4 600000 required for analysis. Dedicated tl)r Web deveiopment and PCS 35000 2 70nDO data entry . BeiY{g purchased by WRD hy its OW11 Arc GIS fund Since FMIS Cell works in emergency mode for seven months in networking 100000 1 100000 a year therefore an altemati ve hi speed communication net\\ork is req~ir<:d tor in-house hosting & maintenance lease line 200000 2 400000 of servers server 550000 550000 Web & Database server storage 100000 200000 For Storage & backup solution Upgrading visual basic and visual C++ to visual studio, Adobe creative suit 3 tor website design & graphic design, Dream weaver CS3.. Flash Soft wares 400000 400000 ~ CS 3 ProfeSSIOnal, Photoshop CS3 , Fireworks CS3, In design. Flash menu builder factory. flash . Slideshow maker. Web server software. Map server. Map toolkit. Microsoft Visual web developer 2008 Leica PholOgrammetry Suit for Ips 900000 900000 ~.. in~age proct!.~sing . Is required for designing structural .\UTOCAD 300000 300000 .p-art of t~c yMI_~ 0ll~P':.l!.~. '. i Required for collection of Held data liANDHELD 250000 for integration/update of GIS 50000 5 gps ,- -- database sms SERVIES o Mobile field mapping device is POA 25000 2 50000 . required for in field creation orOIS , d,atab.aseJ~y~ W@'J~J~g_~. 2. ImprOlJeti Communi(v p(lrticip(ltion: -t(}tlll cosi- Rs 38, 5()J)(J()/- 2.1 Strengthening Community Outreach: This project component consists of three activities, i) Consultancy study for planning and implementing modalities for communit! outreach: \vill include micro level study of existing modes or communication regarding Hood preparedness and flood management in Bagmati including Adhwara group of ri\'\:'r~ Basin. In Phase-} modalities for community outr~ach. prt!pan.:dness and 1100<.1 management !..; being developed by a consultant But due to lack of lime. data other resources the' consultancy will not be able to represent the true picture because only ,~6 villages 3n:' selected from 11 districts. In Phase-II emphasis will be on micro level analysis ;H community level for taking decisions regarding contents of alert Hml in~titutiOlui mechanism for dissemination of information regarding !lood preparedness nnd nO\ld management on the basis of data collected Ii'om more than 30 villages. A lump sum amount of Rs.5 fakh has been proposed for undertaking this job by .I consultant. ii) Implementation of alert mechanism: This will require a teanl of trained communi!: members who will be provided mobiles and connected to centralized SMS machine from where messages regarding flood preparedness will he disseminated regularly. This may require an approximate expenditure of rupees 5.0 faklls tor purchase of 500 mobiles (5 D,) mobiles! block in 100 blocks) (if) Rs 10001 mobile. iii) Training for follow up actions and feed back and ground data collection and reporting: - For improvement and validation of tlood forecast model and inundation model spatial data at ground level on rainfall and inundation is required. Extent. depth and duration of inundation will be reported by community members. Rainfall data can also be collected and sent to FMIS Cell on real time basis. Training will also be imparteJ to more than 1000 villagers for collecting data. The data so collected will be used f()r calibrating and validating flood inundation and tlood forecast models. More than 1000 persons (50 per block for 20 blocks) will be trained prior to flood for using FMIS intormation products and ground data collection and reporting. A mock test wiII be conducted during flood for examining the eftectiveness and usefulness of al~rt mechanisms. After flood workshops at community level will be held for collecting feedback and sharing flood experiences. Number of people to be trained == 1000 Number of trainings = 2 (pre & post Hood) Number of batches required (50 people in a batch) == 40 Cost of training per batch =25000/- Approx. total cost == 40 x 25000/- = Rs 10, 00,0001- Total of (i + ii + iii) = 5 + 5 + 10 == 20 lakhs 2.2 Community Participation for Embankment Monitoring and Protection: A consultancy for planning & implementation of community participation for Embankment Monitoring and Protection in the entire basin Cost = as. 500,000 Embankment length Bagmati (including Adhwara)= 600 km (approx) 3 km butl'ering the embankments for Bagmati no of villages 800 Toral no. of villm!.t:s = tWO A proposal is thc;c to make a group constituting 30 villages SQ, Total no of group to be trained will be 800130 = 26.66 say = 27 groups For training each group @ Rs. 50,000 (as per present rate in phase 1) For training 27 x 50,000 = Rs. 13,50,000 Total for activity no. 7.2 it comes to be 5,00,000 + 13,50,000:::;:: Rs. 18,50,000/- 3. Dissemination and training: -total cost 39, 00,0001· 3.1 design and development of interactive website: - Sl No Item Est Cost ConsulLancy for Design of Website 210,000 In house Development of website Integration 2 testing, modification with database, map server ,SMS server & Deployment 1260000 3 Hosting and maintenance services 200,000 4 SMS services 100,000 5 Other contingent and unforeseen expenses 30,000 18,00,000 3.2 Dissemination of reports, training, stakeholders' workshops, and study tours, etc.: This sub component of project can be split into following activilies:- 1. Study tour: - There is no denying to the fact that study tour is of utmost importance for any scientific pursuit The level of work undertaken in FMIS cell is of World standard which require sound engineering knowledge. Therefore it is proposed that at least one study tour of FMIS engineers led by its In charge to Overseas Training Centre to share their knowledge, where such type of work has been successfully implemented be undertaken.- L S Rs 5.0 [lIkf, 2. State and District level Workshop:- Stakeholders workshops at state level, district level in 21 districts is proposed to be organized requiring a lump sum amount of rupees 0.5 lakh per district, totaling Rs 10.5 lakh which also includes planning, implementation & actual dissemination of the report of Workshop. A further requirement for conducting TOT and State level workshops, and a \.lational seminar costing a total of Rs 1.5 lakh is proposed. This will require 1n lotal a sum of R ... /3.0 lakh. 3. Training;- A national level training in Advanced GIS and Remote sensing from TIS, Dehradun for all the engineers at FMIS is proposed. which will require a cost of Rs 3.0 lakh. Total: - Approximately Rs 21,00,0001· Gross total WRD (Bihar) executed: -Rs 11,92, 97,0001- (Nearly US $ 3.03 m) Abstract of FMIS Phase II : Project Components and Coat sub-CQmpoMnt I Oncrlptlon of actMIIM IU. I US$ I AnIa Cowl'llp OuIput 0\.ttc00MI LlNkag4J with Pha. . , 1. upgrading knowledgebasf.! 8pallal 1.ll./pg1'l11tK OEM 10 I!.J!lI'!lI1 s.Uf\'E')' contour interval over fIoo4 plato ak:mg I'f'I.8IJl grouP) accuracy} detailed inIItIdatiOn mocIeiIng tor s,_ of priorny ....... buin •• wiler<) iImpfOved eX1ef11. Oe¢> "'" _ . ond sp!IIiaI flooO _ _ 1..22' Fnt lime fiver (JoogI'tUdIHCf' ana Clon-sod.lOn.8l) surveys , nooo fOfec:;.ast mod.I& t~ propos.ed eon....han<:y study lor LIS and CiS iurvo¥ ak)nog main s.tem of p/xmt)' ftvfU ba.sm~. ... '.'rtHHC .•... "'-oooi -_. - SeQIlVIIi (lndudlng Adhwar. grouP) • Sum; GMd •• and Hydraulic river sylUoms ""Ia 8I00\I rapidly dlanginQ ~ flood I"....:.. .ting _._- ~=~. 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