Bengal

Kolkata: After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently alleged that water flowing down from neighbouring Bhutan caused floods in north Bengal, the Centre would look into the issue, sources said.

Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, on Thursday stated that they would look into the matter after the Bengal Chief Minister had brought the charges that water from Bhutan caused flooding in north Bengal.

The Bengal Chief Minister recently sought compensation from Bhutan. Speaking in Nagrakata in the Jalpaiguri district of Bengal, the Chief Minister recently said that the losses occurred owing to rainwater flowing down from Bhutan through various rivers.

Incidentally, the Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Banerjee, insisted on the formation of the Ind

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