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Bengal floods 'man-made': Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited North Bengal's flood-affected relief camps, attributing the disaster to "man-made" cause...
West Bengal rains, landslides: Mamata announces compensation for families of deceasedDarjeeling district’s Mirik, a popular tourist spot, was the worst affected, with at least 11 bodies recovered from the area. Darjeeling, J...
North Bengal floods man-made, DVC unilaterally releasing water to save Jharkhand: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed north Bengal floods man-made. She blamed the DVC for unrestricted water release causing w...
Damodar Valley Corporation releases 55,000 cusecs from its reservoirs, fresh flood fears in south BengalDamodar Valley Corporation released water from its reservoirs. This action raised flood concerns in southern West Bengal districts. Rivers ...
Mamata Banerjee accuses Centre of extending no help amid flood situation in the north BengalWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has criticized the Centre for not providing flood assistance to the state, particularly in North...
Mamata again writes to PM Modi on Bengal flood, says her govt not consulted on water release by DVCChief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi regarding the flood situation in West Bengal, accusing Damodar Valley Corpor...
Bengal floods: CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, threatens to sever ties with DVCWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the state will cut ties with Damodar Valley Corpo...
Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi, seeks solution to Bengal flood situationWB CM Mamata Banerjee has urged the PM to take up short-term and long-term plans to address the issue in connection with DVC’s release of w...
Seven Army columns carrying out rescue ops in flood-hit areas of Bengal: Defence officialApart from the Army, rescue and relief teams have also been deployed by the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force...
West Bengal flood situation remains critical; 3 lakh affectedMore than 4 lakh hectares of agricultural land in these seven districts is under water now. Heavy rain and subsequent discharge of water fr...
West Bengal flood situation under control, as toll climbs to 100The affected areas included 235 blocks, 55 municipal bodies, four municipal corporations and 814 gram panchayats (GPs) covering 19,939 vill...
West Bengal flood toll 97, situation improvesThe death toll in floods in West Bengal rose to 97 today even as the situation improved with the water level receding slowly.
West Bengal flood situation improves, death toll at 85Two more deaths were reported today, taking the toll to 85, Disaster Management Department sources said.
West Bengal flood situation remains grim, death toll raises to 69Altogether 2,213 relief camps have been set up to shelter over 3.63 lakh marooned people and 461 medical camps opened, said sources.
Bengal flood situation turns grim, 1.19 lakh people affectedBanerjee then left for Udaynarayanpur in Howrah district, which has been badly affected, to see the flood situation for herself.
Bengal flood situation unchanged, death toll rises to 17Flood situation in West Bengal's six districts remain unchanged, even as the death toll rose to 17 with reports of eight more deaths.
Ganga floods: 15 villages submerged, 10,000 affected in WB's Malda districtThe Ganga was flowing 25 cm above the danger level and breached an embankment at Gopalpur area in Manikchak block submerging several villag...
- Flood Control Commission happy with financial approval to tackle prevailing flood situation
Brahmaputra Board, has approved flood control activities worth Rs 800 crore for the next five years for extreme northern part of West Benga...
- Bengal flood leaves two lakh homeless
Torrential rain over the last few days due to an intense depression over the Bay of Bengal has rendered almost 2 lakh people homeless in Ea...
- Bengal floods claim 25 lives, 22 lakh hit
Flood situation in West Bengal's West and East Midnapore districts remained grim on Friday with the death toll mounting to 25.