Preventive
Preventive measures are to be taken based on a prediction before it happened. The following preventive measures are recommended for flash flood:
• Development of proper drainage system
• Proper and timely warning system
• Strengthening the bank of wetlands/river
• Strengthening and raising field bund
• Community nursery should be adopted.
• In chronically flood affected area, application of 20% additional dose of P and K as basal is recommended
• If transplanting is possible in time within July, select rice varieties suitable for semi-deep low lands or varieties suitable for growing under submergence up to 14 days (Sub 1 series varieties). Rice varieties with medium duration (125-130 days) can be selected for transplanting if flood water recedes early and transplanting is possible by mid-August. If flood water recedes in the last part of August, short-duration rice varieties (90-105 days) can be transplanted.