Indore City Resilience Strategy - ImagineIndore.org

A. Variability & Change B. Possible Impacts C. Evaluation & Assessment D. Prioritized Strategies
Water
Logging
City Experience (2009)
Water Logging Scenarios:
With sudden down pouring the short duration floods (pluvial)
occur and pose risk to this city. Flat terrain, insufficient
drainage and settlements, especially slums growing along and
on the drainage lines and immediate flood plains increase the
risk exposure. Majority of slums are flood prone due to
blockage of local drainage with construction of roads,
building, and boundary walls. The road construction is also
increasing the flood risks since less than 20% of the roads
have drainage.
Water logging often continues for weeks after floods. Some
areas are perpetually water logged due to lack of sewerage
and blockage of natural drains.
City Experience
During the last decade, three events
of floods (2002, 2005, and 2009)
with increasing intensities have
taken place. For example, during
the 2009 floods, water logging
continued for three days in many
places and several weeks in some
areas even after the cessation of
rains. This happened largely due to
new roads and blockage of drainage
channels. Many residents reported
having invested in increasing plinth
heights and other coping
mechanisms. A bout of dengue fever
was reported across the city for
several weeks after the rains.
Source: TARU Analysis, 2009
Physical / Environmental Social Economic
Water | LULC | Solid Waste Management | Transport
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