The Orissa State Unit of the National Informatics Centre has recently taken up the responsibility of making available time critical flood situation information to the Special Relief Organization (SRO), Government of Orissa. The project involves smooth and seamless intermixing between the NICNET and the Police Wireless System available in blocks for transmitting the flood data from Block Development Officers (BDOs) to the SRO at Bhubaneshwar for effective monitoring and control of floods. In close association with SRO, NIC has completed the detailed System design and development work. Detailed guidelines covering information requirements / formats, mode of transmission and responsibilities of District Informatics Officers of NIC and other State Government Officials are being issued to all the District Collectors of Orissa for compliance. Further, one pilot district each from the existing three revenue divisions have been identified for special attention in the first phase. NIC plans to organize workshops in order to instruct and impart training at various levels. The BDOs in particular will be instructed on how to adhere to the designed block level data entry formats and prepare coded wireless message for onward transmission to the NIC District Centre. Further, the BDOs will conduct workshops in their respective blocks to properly instruct and educate extension officers and village-level workers for collecting flood-situation data from the field. Successful implementation of this project from the monsoons of 1996, will give a tremendous boost to the timely monitoring and control of relief activities during critical flood situations, and will also enable use of this system in the other flood-prone States of the Country.