Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Taking a jibe at Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, he said he had never seen the DVC taking preventive action to stop the discharge of huge amounts of water into rivers in Bengal from its barrages, which led to widespread flooding, though he was the NHRC chief. The team was quick to send and summoned senior state bureaucrats to Delhi on “any pretext”.
Banerjee said she would soon write a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi And demand their intervention in “indiscriminate” release of water by DVC every time it rains heavily in Jharkhand.
“Why is Amit Shah not asking DVC to stop such discharge of such huge quantity of water instead of doing it in a phased manner? Is his concern for Bengal sending NHRC team, CRPF of small time BJP leaders It ends in increasing the cover and sending in large numbers. Security personnel for a seat. Does their concern for Bengal manifest itself only in calling our top officials to New Delhi?
She was referring to the September 30 bypoll to Bhawanipur assembly seat, where she was a contestant.
“What have they done to ensure that Bengal gets its dues with respect to Cyclone Amphan, Yas and Cyclone Bulbul? We had to rebuild after every disaster with our limited resources and the Modi-Shah regime didn’t pay a single extra penny. not issued, ” Banerjee Briefing reporters about the flood situation in eight districts of South Bengal, he said.
The TMC supremo said that he will write a letter to the Prime Minister very soon, pointing out the recurrent floods in the state due to the sudden release of water by the DVC over the years, which is now accompanied by heavy rains globally. Has happened more often. warming. This time many areas of Hooghly, Howrah, Paschim Medinipur and Bankura are in the grip of severe floods.
“I know that many such letters of mine in the past did not yield any results. But I have to write again. The chief secretary will also write a letter to the cabinet secretary on this issue,” she said.
Banerjee did an aerial survey of flood-hit Howrah Hooghly districts during the state
The Chief Minister claimed that a total of 10 lakh cusecs of water was released from the dams of DVC and Jharkhand Irrigation Department at short intervals since the early hours of September 30, causing havoc in Bengal.
“It was a crime by DVC… Bengal will not endure silently forever”. he said.
Banerjee also said that the Bengal government would seek compensation from the DVC for releasing the huge amount of water stored in its two dams in Jharkhand into smaller rivers of Bengal, which do not have the capacity to tolerate heavy upheaval and as a result There is flooding in the surrounding areas.
The chief minister said the Jharkhand government’s dams cannot hold much water after heavy rains as they have not been cleaned or dredged in the last 50 years and flow into Bengal. “But I am in favor of good neighborly relations and want to discuss the issue with Jharkhand,” she said.
BJP state president reacting to Banerjee’s allegations Sukanta Majumder “She is lying. The floods in South Bengal are due to the lack of cleaning of river beds in West Bengal by the state’s irrigation department,” he said.
Majumdar also claimed that the state government was informed in advance by the DVC and the Jharkhand Irrigation Department about the release of water after very heavy rains in that state. But the Irrigation Department of West Bengal did not take any action on this.
Majumdar said, “She (Banerjee) was busy with the by-election to be held in Bhabnipur on September 30. She got up only when the by-poll was over.
On Banerjee’s taunts against Shah about her visit to the NHRC in the state, Majumdar quipped, “She may be trying to divert attention from the grim reality of the post-poll violence on BJP workers by her party men, whose world There was condemnation throughout. But the truth has come out. Everyone.”
Banerjee said she would soon write a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi And demand their intervention in “indiscriminate” release of water by DVC every time it rains heavily in Jharkhand.
“Why is Amit Shah not asking DVC to stop such discharge of such huge quantity of water instead of doing it in a phased manner? Is his concern for Bengal sending NHRC team, CRPF of small time BJP leaders It ends in increasing the cover and sending in large numbers. Security personnel for a seat. Does their concern for Bengal manifest itself only in calling our top officials to New Delhi?
She was referring to the September 30 bypoll to Bhawanipur assembly seat, where she was a contestant.
“What have they done to ensure that Bengal gets its dues with respect to Cyclone Amphan, Yas and Cyclone Bulbul? We had to rebuild after every disaster with our limited resources and the Modi-Shah regime didn’t pay a single extra penny. not issued, ” Banerjee Briefing reporters about the flood situation in eight districts of South Bengal, he said.
The TMC supremo said that he will write a letter to the Prime Minister very soon, pointing out the recurrent floods in the state due to the sudden release of water by the DVC over the years, which is now accompanied by heavy rains globally. Has happened more often. warming. This time many areas of Hooghly, Howrah, Paschim Medinipur and Bankura are in the grip of severe floods.
“I know that many such letters of mine in the past did not yield any results. But I have to write again. The chief secretary will also write a letter to the cabinet secretary on this issue,” she said.
Banerjee did an aerial survey of flood-hit Howrah Hooghly districts during the state
The Chief Minister claimed that a total of 10 lakh cusecs of water was released from the dams of DVC and Jharkhand Irrigation Department at short intervals since the early hours of September 30, causing havoc in Bengal.
“It was a crime by DVC… Bengal will not endure silently forever”. he said.
Banerjee also said that the Bengal government would seek compensation from the DVC for releasing the huge amount of water stored in its two dams in Jharkhand into smaller rivers of Bengal, which do not have the capacity to tolerate heavy upheaval and as a result There is flooding in the surrounding areas.
The chief minister said the Jharkhand government’s dams cannot hold much water after heavy rains as they have not been cleaned or dredged in the last 50 years and flow into Bengal. “But I am in favor of good neighborly relations and want to discuss the issue with Jharkhand,” she said.
BJP state president reacting to Banerjee’s allegations Sukanta Majumder “She is lying. The floods in South Bengal are due to the lack of cleaning of river beds in West Bengal by the state’s irrigation department,” he said.
Majumdar also claimed that the state government was informed in advance by the DVC and the Jharkhand Irrigation Department about the release of water after very heavy rains in that state. But the Irrigation Department of West Bengal did not take any action on this.
Majumdar said, “She (Banerjee) was busy with the by-election to be held in Bhabnipur on September 30. She got up only when the by-poll was over.
On Banerjee’s taunts against Shah about her visit to the NHRC in the state, Majumdar quipped, “She may be trying to divert attention from the grim reality of the post-poll violence on BJP workers by her party men, whose world There was condemnation throughout. But the truth has come out. Everyone.”
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