Seems like natural disaster are becoming habitual to Nepal. Unmanaged urbanization  and degradation of environment have already started to show their impact on humankind. One of the most recent one is the flood occurring continuously in the Terai plain of Nepal. The continues rain has been flooding the Terai districts of Nepal, already taking the life of 50+ people and huge damage to property. The number and the amount of damage is expected to increase higher. Such a catastrophic destruction is not new to Nepal. The flooding of most of the coastal plains have become an annual thing. Every year the same disaster occurs. Government personnel?s conduct rescue and rehabilitation program, but the long term solution is never seeked, making the efforts useless.

So today I would like to focus on some environmental friendly measures that can protect us from flood. It is not that other measures are not feasible but in the present context, the best will be the use of eco-friendly practices.

1) Green roof: This is one of the most effective insulation to the excessive ground water flow. The roofs of the houses, instead of being cemented or paved with tin, are planted by grasses and small plants. This not only increases the aesthetic value, but also serves as an excellent storage of rainstrom along with an extra bonus of keeping house warmer.

2) Permeable concrete: The major blockage in the infiltration of rainwater to underground storage is the paved impermeable concrete roadways, seen in most of the places. Water on paved roads and sidewalks will gain speed, which means it has more power to erode areas when it does reach grass or dirt. Choosing specially-designed concrete that will allow water to soak in or concrete blocks with holes in them to allow grass to grow and use some of the water will help mitigate high water in paved areas.

3) Rain gardens: Rain gardens are simply water holding areas. A rain garden has a deep, spongy area designed to hold a lot of extra water that is surrounded by a berm that keeps the water from spreading. It is usually kept in high flood risk area. This prevents excessive addition of water to the sources. Use of water plants not only makes the garden pretty, but also makes it act like underground storage.

4) Wetlands: Swamps, bogs, fens and other wetlands are natural way of holding water in protected areas. They allow them self to be catchment areas during high-level rain events. This can prevent a lot of flooding.

5) Eco- friendly landscape: One of the new ways to reduce excess runoff of water is the building of flood resistant landscapes. This type of landscape promotes water harvesting and increases infiltration of more water to the underground water storage.

6) Tree planting: This may seem like a easy one but has a huge impact on water anchorage. The recent events of flood seen in Terai of Nepal are accounted to the deforestation of the forest.