Floods in India

The rapid and durable recovery which does not reproduce the original vulnerable conditions The country receives an annual precipitation of 400 million - hectare meters. Of the annual rainfall, 75% is received during four months of monsoon (June- September) and, as a result, almost all the rivers carry heavy discharge during this period. The flood hazard is compounded by the problems of sediment deposition, drainage congestion and synchronization of river floods with sea tides in the coastal plains. The area vulnerable to floods is 40 million hectares and the average area affected by floods annually is about 8 million hectares. The average annual total damage to crops houses public utilities during the period 1953- 1995 was about Rs.9720 million.

The Table below depicts the average annual loss in the 1953 onwards..