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A Flood Management Improvement Support Centre (FMISC) has been created under the overall supervision of Chief Engineer (CE),Planning and Monitoring, in Water Resources Department (WRD), GoB, Bihar to develop and operate the Flood Management Information System (FMIS) with technical assistance from the World Bank.
Project Details
Brief Background
As interim support eight contract professional staff (One Flood Management Specialist-cum-Project Advisor one Hydrologist Embankment Specialist one GIS Specialist one Database Specialist one Web Master one System Manager and one Remote Sensing/GIS Assistant are positioned to provide Specialist support to FMISC.
Objective
The contract staff are funded under DFID Grant. Advisor Hydrologist Embankment Specialist GIS Specialist Database Specialist Web Master and System Manager and two nos. (Remote Sensing/GIS Assistant) are positioned to provide Specialist support to FMISC. The contract staff are funded under DFID Grant.
Benefits
FMISC in addition to FMIS Phase 2 implementation programme has also been assigned to take up implementation of Bihar Kosi Flood Recovery Project under Bihar Aapda Punarniwas Evam Punarnirman Society (BAPEPS). This society is under the administrative control of the State Planning and Development Department and have a Project Management Unit (PMU) responsible for the implementation of the Project. Component C of the project (BKFRP) is for WRD under which &ldquo Strengthening Flood Management Capacity&rdquo focusing on flood forecasting flood erosion management and limited structural measures in Kosi basin&rdquo is being monitored by FMISC.
