West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday complained to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) allegedly launched water from its dams in an unplanned method, resulting in a “man-made” flood scenario within the state. A senior state authorities official mentioned.
The bureaucrat mentioned the prime minister known as Banerjee to take inventory of the flood scenario in West Bengal and guaranteed the chief minister of all central help to mitigate it.
“During the conversation, PM Modi asked if it was raining heavily in West Bengal. CM told him that the situation is man-made and DVC is responsible for it. He also told the PM that the DVC had released water in an unplanned manner, worsening the situation in the state,” the official advised PTI.
An official of the company mentioned that the DVC has launched 5.43 lakh cusecs of water from July 31 until Tuesday night.
The official, who was visiting flood-hit Udaynarayanpur in Howrah district, is realized to have advised the Prime Minister that his administration would ship a report back to the PMO on the flood scenario and the injury brought on by the floods after finishing the survey. . Said.
Later, a tweet issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) mentioned that Modi assured Banerjee of all potential assist from the Center to assist ease the scenario.
“PM @narendramodi spoke to WB CM @MamataOfficial on flood situation due to release of water from dams in some parts of the state. The PM assured all possible assistance from the Center to help ease the situation. PM Modi prays for the safety and well being of the people in the affected areas,” the PMO tweeted.
time aranendramodi Spoke to WB CM @MamataOfficial On flood scenario because of launch of water from dams in some elements of the state. The PM assured all potential help from the Center to assist ease the scenario.
PM Modi prayed for the security and effectively being of the folks within the affected areas.— PMO India (@PMOIndia) 4 August 2021
At least 15 folks have died, and three lakh have been displaced after heavy rains up to now few days and subsequent launch of water from DVC dams in Purva and West Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur, Hooghly, Howrah and South 24 Large elements of Parganas districts have been submerged.
Banerjee, who performed an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Howrah and Hooghly districts, needed to postpone this system because of unhealthy climate, the official mentioned.
Instead, she took the street to Amta in Howrah and will contemplate shifting to Khankul, Hooghly, if the climate circumstances enhance, he mentioned.
Standing knee-deep in water, Banerjee spoke to the affected folks in Amta and guaranteed them of all potential assist from the state authorities.
“You will get every kind of assist from the state authorities. Our ministers are taking care of the reduction and rescue operations. I’ll quickly make a private go to to all of the affected areas.
“I have told PM today that DVC is responsible for floods in Bengal. DVC is not dredging its dams, which is causing the water to overflow after being released, causing flooding. DVC should stop such arbitrariness of water,” Banerjee mentioned whereas addressing the affected folks.
The state BJP management termed Banerjee’s allegations as “laughable”, and mentioned the state authorities was searching for a face saver to cover its failure.
“The entire irrigation system in West Bengal has gone for a toss during the TMC regime. Now they are making such ridiculous statements to hide their failures. The day is not far when the TMC government can demand that the DVC dams be broken,” mentioned state BJP spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya.
The DVC had earlier mentioned that the storage services on the Panchet and Maithon dams have reached their capability because of the heavy influx of water from upstream Jharkhand, and the discharge was “inevitable” beneath such circumstances.
A DVC official mentioned the water discharge is managed by the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee, which has a consultant from the state authorities.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
