India minister blames dam launch for flooding
by AFP Workers Writers
Kolkata (AFP) Sept 20, 2024
A prime politician in japanese India on Friday blamed authorities in a neighbouring state for inflicting a flooding disaster by opening dams after 26 folks had been killed and 250,000 others had been pressured to relocate.
Tv information photographs confirmed rescuers in boats ferrying folks to security in West Bengal state, with a state-run hospital in a single village fully inundated.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee informed reporters that 26 folks had been killed this week, with one other 250,000 pressured to depart their houses and discover shelter.
She accused authorities in neighbouring Jharkhand state of needlessly opening dam sluice gates and releasing the waters that had inundated her state.
“The flooding is man-made,” she mentioned, including she had ordered the border with Jharkhand to be closed for 3 days in response.
Supriyo Bhattacharya, a member of the ruling coalition in Jharkhand, informed AFP that his state had no selection however to ease stress on the dams.
“Holding again the water might have broken the dams and led to large floods in each the states,” he mentioned.
“Our authorities will naturally defend the pursuits of the folks of Jharkhand.”
The Damodar Valley Company (DVC), which manages dams alongside the Damodar river that flows by way of the states, mentioned it had “decreased” the discharge of water on Friday after rainfall eased.
In West Bengal, railway worker Pradip Maity mentioned most individuals residing in his village of Ghatal had taken shelter in aid camps.
“Boats are actually the one mode of transportation within the village,” he informed AFP.
Storm rains trigger widespread destruction yearly in India, however consultants say local weather change is shifting climate patterns and rising the variety of excessive climate occasions.
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