MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641007173 A) filed by Cvr College Of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Jan. 24, for 'automatic flood prediction and drainage control system.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. B. Janardhana Rao.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The current invention pertains to an automated flood prediction and drainage control system aimed at alleviating urban and semi-urban floods by real-time monitoring, forecasting, and automated intervention. The system incorporates various environmental sensors, including as rainfall, water-level, flow-rate, and ...