Whereas Mamata stated the border was being closed to pre-empt automobiles being swept away by surging floodwaters on this aspect of the border, Soren-led JMM threatened retaliation over Bengal Police barring vehicles and different business automobiles from Jharkhand past Dhanbad-West Burdwan border in Kulti.
“I referred to as DVC chairperson (S Suresh Kumar) and spoke to Jharkhand CM Soren, urging them to not launch water…This can’t be allowed,” the CM stated, mentioning that 26 individuals had died within the floods and a couple of.5 lakh individuals displaced.
Mamata alleged that DVC hadn’t been offering particulars of how a lot water was being launched from dams within the neighbouring state. Senior officers in a number of of Bengal’s westernmost districts stated police checkpoints had been arrange alongside the border with Jharkhand and all inbound automobiles have been being stopped, barring any emergency.
Mamata, who visited East Midnapore‘s Panskura and Howrah’s Udaynarayanpur Thursday to survey the flood harm, later held an emergency assembly on the state secretariat with chief secretary Manoj Pant, DGP Rajeev Kumar and different senior officers. “Even Durga Puja pandals are below water,” the CM stated.
“Why ought to Bengal at all times endure? Why will DVC at all times attempt to hold Jharkhand secure? I would like to guard Bengal,” she stated. “This flooding will not be due to rain. It’s due to the absence of any desilting or dredging regardless of my appeals to PM Narendra Modi.”
DVC govt director Anjani Dubey stated the PSU had “diminished the discharge of water, comparable to discount in rainfall”. Denying Banerjee’s accusations, the Centre stated all norms have been adopted whereas releasing water from DVC. The Jal Shakti ministry and energy ministry stated all events involved have been saved knowledgeable concerning the climate situations prone to prevail from Sept 14-16 and the discharge of water.
(With inputs from Suman Mandal in Panskura & Rupak Banerjee in Howrah)
“I referred to as DVC chairperson (S Suresh Kumar) and spoke to Jharkhand CM Soren, urging them to not launch water…This can’t be allowed,” the CM stated, mentioning that 26 individuals had died within the floods and a couple of.5 lakh individuals displaced.
Mamata alleged that DVC hadn’t been offering particulars of how a lot water was being launched from dams within the neighbouring state. Senior officers in a number of of Bengal’s westernmost districts stated police checkpoints had been arrange alongside the border with Jharkhand and all inbound automobiles have been being stopped, barring any emergency.
Mamata, who visited East Midnapore‘s Panskura and Howrah’s Udaynarayanpur Thursday to survey the flood harm, later held an emergency assembly on the state secretariat with chief secretary Manoj Pant, DGP Rajeev Kumar and different senior officers. “Even Durga Puja pandals are below water,” the CM stated.
“Why ought to Bengal at all times endure? Why will DVC at all times attempt to hold Jharkhand secure? I would like to guard Bengal,” she stated. “This flooding will not be due to rain. It’s due to the absence of any desilting or dredging regardless of my appeals to PM Narendra Modi.”
DVC govt director Anjani Dubey stated the PSU had “diminished the discharge of water, comparable to discount in rainfall”. Denying Banerjee’s accusations, the Centre stated all norms have been adopted whereas releasing water from DVC. The Jal Shakti ministry and energy ministry stated all events involved have been saved knowledgeable concerning the climate situations prone to prevail from Sept 14-16 and the discharge of water.
(With inputs from Suman Mandal in Panskura & Rupak Banerjee in Howrah)
