Kolkata, Aug 4 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today charged the Damodar Valley Corporation with a “systematic attempt to trigger more and more flood-like situations across South Bengal,” meaning the southern districts of the state.
“DVC’s flood mismanagement record this year has surpassed its own dismal accounts of previous years as it has failed Bengal this year to an unprecedented degree,” Banerjee, while blaming the central agency for flooding the south Bengal districts, said.
“Clearly, the centrally administered agency is becoming more and more anti- Bengal, in keeping with the eco- system that the central establishment is trying to generate all over India today,” she pointed out.
A staggering 11-fold increase in DVC’s water discharge in 2025, compared to 2024, has shaken the state.
“It is 30- times higher than 2023!! There is a systematic attempt to trigger more and more flood- like situations across South Bengal,” she reiterated.
Banerjee claimed this was not a natural disaster and flooding southern districts of the state was man-made.
“This is not a natural disaster. It’s a man-made catastrophe, more and more. The data speaks for itself,” the chief minister said on her X handle.
Citing an example, the chief minister said the outflow from DVC during June and July months in 2024 was 4.535 lakh cubic meters and outflow from DVC during June and July 2025 was 50.287 lakh cubic meters.
“Outflow from DVC during June & July, 2024: 4,535 lakh cubic meters, Outflow from DVC during June & July, 2025: 50,287 lakh cubic meters.” she said in the statement.
“This massive, sudden, unprecedentedly high release during peak monsoon this year has devastated our districts, destroying huge crops, breaching a large number of embankments, damaging numerous roads, and forcing thousands to evacuate,” Banerjee claimed.
She said the huge increase in water releases this year to flood Bengal was deeply disturbing and shocking.
“I detect a deep conspiracy in this! This must stop at once!” Banerjee concluded.
