The West Bengal authorities on Saturday expressed concern over the flooding state of affairs in some components of the state following heavy rainfall up to now 4 to 5 days.
Moreover, excessive tides are anticipated to happen in coastal areas of the state within the coming days, prompting the federal government to take all precautionary measures as some areas could also be vulnerable to flooding.
Alapan Bandyopadhyay, chief adviser to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stated at a press convention on Saturday, “Bankura, Purulia, Birbhum South Bengal and lots of different areas are affected by incessant rains.
He additional added, “Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and North Bengal districts have been severely affected on account of heavy rains. Mamata Banerjee is carefully monitoring the state of affairs”.
“Additionally, Damodar Valley Company can also launch water with none info. So, we might ask everybody to be cautious,” Bandyopadhyay stated.
DVC is a multifunctional river valley venture established for the general public good thing about Jharkhand and West Bengal after independence in India.
The chief adviser additionally talked about that the DVC is not going to cooperate with the state authorities on the difficulty of water launch by numerous dams.
“The DVC can be releasing extra water over the subsequent few days. However it will trigger issues for everybody. Do not panic, however be very cautious. There could also be some issues round August 5-7 on account of excessive tides. DVC We’ve got requested to not launch such giant quantities of water in any other case flood-like circumstances might happen in lots of locations.
All district magistrates and senior cops have been knowledgeable and the state of affairs is being monitored repeatedly, he added.
Prior to now few days, many locations have skilled heavy rainfall, inflicting waterlogging and flooding, disrupting regular life.
Heavy rains in Kolkata and surrounding areas precipitated water to build up on the runway of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Worldwide Airport.
Nevertheless, flights are working usually and there are not any flight cancellations or delays.
Heavy rains lashed Kolkata on Thursday and Friday and the low stress space intensified right into a deep melancholy. The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has predicted extra rainfall within the metropolis.
