Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has shot off a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, informing him that the West Bengal Government is immediately withdrawing from the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee (DVRRC) in protest against “the lack of cooperation regarding flood moderation”.
Banerjee disagreed with Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil’s claim that water from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was released after a consensus in the committee, where the state government has a representative. The claim was made on September 20 after Banerjee, in her first letter, accused the DVC of unilaterally discharging water, causing floods in South Bengal.
