Mamata Banerjee blames Centre for Bengal’s flood situation

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has blamed the Union government for the flood-like situation in certain pockets in the state, especially in South Bengal.

The Chief Minister visited some of the inundated pockets at Pursurah block in Hooghly district  on Wednesday and blamed the Centre-run Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for the flood situation due to the release of huge quantities of water from its dams in one go.

She is slated to visit other flood-affected districts during the next couple of days. She is leaving for the West Midnapore district on Wednesday night.

Certain pockets in the districts of Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore and West Midnapore had been flooded following the release of water by DVC. The worst-affected blocks are Amta and Udaynarayanpur in Howrah, Pursura in Hooghly, Ghatal in West Midnapore and Panskura in East Midnapore.

At Panskura, which had already been witnessing heavy rainfall during the last few days, the situation worsened from early Wednesday morning following the release of water from the Kansavati Dam.