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'Manufactured Disaster': Mamata Banerjee Blames Centre Agency DVC For Sudden Water Release

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee termed the water release by DVC without notice during Bijoya Dashami a reckless act that endangered millions in flood-prone districts.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), a central government agency, of releasing 65,000 cusecs of water without informing the state government. She termed it a “deliberate” attempt to create a flood-like situation in the south Bengal districts during Bijoya Dashami celebrations.

Taking to social media platform X, Banerjee described the water discharge as “reckless” and “shameful” as it allegedly put “millions of lives in Bengal in immed

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