MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202424036958 A) filed by Devashish De, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, on May 10, 2024, for 'flash flood breaker & flash flood human sieve.'
Inventor(s) include Devashish De.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 5, under issue no. 36/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Flash Flood Breaker is a set of unbridged staggered columns which are placed 250m to 500 m upstream in locations where flash floods are expected to generate without adequate notice for taking precautions . During the floods of Jammu and Kashmir on 06 September 2014 the spiralling water washed away a number of Bailey bridges which are primarily costly equipment . A flash flood breaker can be made with stone monoliths in such a manner that while the damming effect is in place, the gaps between rock masonry permit the pondage of water to leak or trickle away."
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