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Centre Issues Guidelines on Floodplain Zones
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|August 15, 2025
WITH flash floods causing destruction, the Centre has issued guidelines on floodplain zoning to encourage the states to adopt non-structural measures and reduce the impact of flood-related disasters.
The Central Water Commission has created the first technical framework titled ‘Technical Guidelines on Floodplain Zoning 2025’, categorising floodplains into protected, regulatory, and warning zones.
This story is from the August 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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