JalRakshak

A MERN-based disaster response and flood relief coordination platform with real-time updates, geolocation, live maps, and role-based workflows for victims, volunteers, NGOs, and administrators.

Demo Use Case: Assam Flood Relief Architecture: Region-agnostic — can be adapted to other regions through seed data.

✨ Features

🚨 SOS emergency requests with live location
📍 Nearby volunteer matching using geospatial queries
💬 Real-time chat, notifications, and emergency updates with Socket.io
🗺️ Live shelter/relief-camp map with Leaflet
👥 Role-based dashboards for Victims, Volunteers, NGOs & Admins
🏕️ Shelter occupancy and resource management
🌦️ Automated weather-risk alerts
📊 Admin analytics and request tracking
🔐 JWT authentication with refresh tokens & RBAC
📷 Photo/video uploads via Cloudinary

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Redux Toolkit, Leaflet Backend: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Socket.io Other: JWT, Cloudinary, Docker, GitHub Actions, Jest

📁 Structure

JalRakshak/ ├── client/ # React frontend ├── server/ # Express backend ├── docker-compose.yml # Docker setup └── .github/workflows/ # CI