Flooding has been a major issue in most countries and a lot of them are seeking viable and economical solutions to this major problem. Every a lot of people and animal life gets displaced. There is a lot of research going on to save people from this regularly occurring catastrophe. Now it has not only become a responsibility but a priority for the engineers to come with projects that control floods. The whole thing now sets back to get rid of the water which could be done with pumping and draining. Especially the coastal and riverine belts are the most effected regions. Though prediction of flooding can help but prevention of flooding has to be worked upon. There are several property interventions that were undertaken which were part of the residual risk. Floods cannot be prevented which has to be accepted and the major blow to this is developing countries