Rampura (Sabong): Residents of an obscure West Midnapore village do something every year that the government should: prepare for floods in advance. Rampura village is flooded by the Keleghai river every monsoon, often several times in a year. Drained of funds and energy at having to rebuild their mudhouses every time they get washed away, the villagers don't build them now. They make tin-roof houses with walls of bamboo bark. During winter, they wrap the walls with tarpaulin sheets to keep the wind away.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/villagers-beat-govt-flood-fight
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flood-control
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medinipur-t