West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi over Ganga erosion

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday writes a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over “perpetual river erosion” along the river Ganga in Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia districts in West Bengal.

She also urged PM’s intervention to see Farakka Barrage extend its jurisdiction to maintain anti-erosion work and help avoid frequent flooding.

Raising concern about loss of lives and livelihood due to erosion, Banerjee flood management and implementation of the restoration schemes.


Banerjee urged the Centre for taking up “urgent bank protection schemes in the entire stretch of extended jurisdiction by the Farakka Barrage Project Authority (FBPA) in consultation with the state government,” the letter mentioned

She also pointed out to the PM that it is becoming difficult for the state government to arrange funds for the bank protection works. She also mentioned that the matter was earlier raised to the Union Minister of Jal Shakti in August last year.

Despite several requests by the state government, the FBPA has not paid much heed to rive erosion problem in its extended jurisdiction, Banerjee mentioned in the letter.