Gohar Rehman

Indus River Unleashed: a Case Study of the Mega Monsoon Floods of 2010 Gohar Rehman

Increasing impacts of Monsoons in South Asia is effecting hundreds of lives every year. Due to the fertile soils majority of the population dwells in the flood plains and thus are at a constant risk of flooding. Keeping in view the increasing impacts of flooding along the Kabul River basin,adequate measures need to be taken to develop a flood resilient community. The present work focuses on the population that is vulnerable to deadly floods each year and suggests mitigation methods to reduce the socio-economic loses of the community suffering as a result of flooding along the Kabul river.