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Will end your suffering': CM Suvendu Adhikari unveils Rs 242 crore aid for flood-hit Malda

October 08, 2026 6:20 pm

CM Suvendu Adhikari said the state government has tasked IIT Kanpur with preparing a Detailed Project Report to formulate a long-term engineering solution to recurrent Ganga erosion in the region.

At least 30 people have been killed and thousands left homeless in landslides and floods in the northern districts of West Bengal since October 4. (File Photo)

Bengal Chief Minister announces Rs 9 lakh compensation for families of flood victims in Sabang

August 20, 2026 8:40 pm

The district has witnessed heavy rainfall since Sunday, with particularly intense spells on Monday and intermittent rain on Tuesday.

Rhino, bison, leopards found dead in flood waters, forest department reunites baby elephant with mother

October 07, 2025 3:25 pm

Forest officials step up, a four-day-old elephant calf is rescued from Mechi river

Decode Politics: Do Mamata Banerjee’s attacks on Central agency over ‘man-made’ floods in Bengal hold water?

October 06, 2025 6:59 am

Since 2021, the CM has accused Damodar Valley Corporation of “unilateral, wilful” release of dam water, flooding Bengal, reinforcing her complaint of Centre's “stepmotherly” treatment

Several districts in Bengal brace for floods; CM Mamata Banerjee dispatches ministers to flood-prone areas

June 21, 2025 5:15 pm

Schools have been shut in the Arambagh subdivision of Hooghly owing to rising water levels.

Assembly Session: Citing frequent floods, Mamata says need India-Bhutan river commission

July 30, 2024 6:20 am

Mamata Banerjee also alleged that the state government was not invited to discussions between India and Bangladesh over the renewal of the Farakka Treaty

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Govt team in north Bengal, begins assessing flood situation

July 18, 2023 6:40 am

The delegation went to Alipurduar and other districts and interacted with locals to assess the situation.

CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi, seeks permanent solution to ‘man-made’ Bengal floods

October 07, 2021 5:28 am

In a four-page letter dated October 5, Banerjee once again alleged that the recent floods in the state were “man-made” and caused by “uncontrolled and unplanned” discharge of water from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) dams in Panchet and Maithon in Jharkhand.

Bengal floods: Mamata writes to PM, flags role of dams in ‘man-made’ floods

August 05, 2021 5:29 am

Banerjee blamed "unprecedented release of water from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) dams — Panchet, Maithon and Tenughat" --- for the flood situation and sought the PM’s intervention in drafting a plan to upgrade dams in the region.

PM Modi dials Mamata, assures her of all help to mitigate flood situation in Bengal

August 04, 2021 2:09 pm

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was visiting flood-hit Udaynarayanpur in Howrah district, was learned to have told the prime minister that her administration will send a report to the PMO on the flood situation and the damage caused by it.