FloodWatch Blog

Most people only know one number to call during a flood: the CM office. But every ward has a Junior Engineer, an Assistant Engineer, an Executive Engineer, and a councillor whose job is exactly this. Find yours.

Gurgaon gets under 600mm of rain annually yet floods every monsoon. The answer lies in destroyed johads, interrupted drainage channels, and infrastructure that never kept pace with growth.

From Fazilpur Jharsa to Jacubpura — our MRS model identifies which colonies flood first, why, and what structural factors make them hardest to protect.

Rotterdam lies below sea level yet is one of the world's most flood-resilient cities. Its secret: don't fight water, plan for it — water squares, room for rivers, and flood-aware urban design.

Singapore receives 3× Gurgaon's annual rainfall yet rarely floods for long. Five lessons from decades of serious investment in water management — and why flooding is a policy choice, not a weather outcome.