West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari convened an emergency meeting on Friday to assess the flood situation affecting several districts in south Bengal. This response comes after days of heavy rainfall and water discharges from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) barrages located in Jharkhand. The meeting aimed to evaluate the impact of these weather conditions and strategize on relief efforts for the affected regions.
“The rivers at Khanakul, Jangipara and Udaynarayanpur were flowing above the danger level, but the rainfall has reduced today. DVC is also releasing less water from the Maithon and Panchet dams. The chief minister refused to blame the DVC for the floods, saying that was a practice during the Trinamool Congress regime. “Every year she used to blame the DVC and call it ‘man-made flood. We cannot do that. Excessive rainfall will cause floods. It will make DVC’s reservoirs overflow. They have to release water.
The situation is under control as of now,” Adhikari said. He said the district administrations have been instructed to distribute ration and relief materials among the affected people. This is natural,” Adhikari said, without naming Mamata Banerjee.
