Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that water flowing down from adjoining Bhutan caused floods in north Bengal and sought compensation from the Himalayan kingdom.

The chief minister, who is visiting the natural disaster-hit region to oversee relief and rehabilitation work, said at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district that the losses occurred owing to rainwater flowing down from Bhutan through various rivers.

“We have faced losses due to water coming down from Bhutan… We want them to give us compensation,” Banerjee said in a short address during a government programme.

“I have been insisting on setting up an Indo-Bhutan Joint River Commission for some time now and I demand that West Bengal be made part of it. Under our pressure, there’s a meeting scheduled on the 16th of this m

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