 A vast hydro meteorological station with VHF/wireless facilities exists over the Damodar catchment area.On a real time basis (hourly, 3 hourly, 6 hourly) data of river gauge, rainfall river discharge are measured and transmitted through existing communication network to the central flood station at Maithon.The Indian Meteorological Department(IMD), Kolkata, transmit the rainfall forecast for the next 24 hours for the entire Damodar Valley region to Maithon.