West Bengal Weather Today: Floods fuel political tensions as …
Sep 27, 2024 · Floods fuel political tensions as heavy rains continue to disrupt life in West Bengal. Political war of words persists over DVC water release, BJP officials claim Mamata played politics to create...
Bengal Govt issues flood alert for 7 districts, holds urgent …
Oct 2, 2023 · The West Bengal Government Monday issued a flood alert in seven districts of the state amid continuous heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas in neighbouring Jharkhand.
Bengal floods: 10,000 rescued, Mamata says 'personally …
Oct 5, 2023 · Expressing concern over the flood-like situation in the state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that 10,000 people have been rescued and kept in 190 relief camps in nine districts in the southern and northern parts of the state.
Parts of Bengal face flood-like situation after heavy rains
A deep depression over the Gangetic West Bengal triggered heavy rains in south Bengal over the weekend and on Monday. The weather system moved to Jharkhand on Monday. Bandyopadhyay said large...
Floods imminent in West Bengal as depression, dam water make …
Sep 18, 2024 · Heavy rain in West Bengal and the release of water by the Damodar Valley Corporation are likely to develop into a flood in seven districts. The DVC released 90,000 cusecs of water on Monday...
Flood situation in West Bengal remains critical; 23 dead, 3 lakh …
Aug 5, 2021 · Despite witnessing less rainfall, the flood situation in West Bengal continued to remain critical on Thursday, a senior state government official said. With no fresh casualties reported due to the deluge from any of the seven affected districts, the death toll remained unchanged at 23.
West Bengal Floods: Medinipur Woman Rescued Near Hooghly …
Sep 20, 2024 · As of September 19, three persons were killed and over 2.5 lakh people were affected by the floods in southern West Bengal. While many houses were washed away in the flood, the rescue officers saved a drowning woman who was on the brink of death near the Rupnarayan River in Howrah.
West Bengal: Eight dead after flash floods during Durga Visarjan …
Oct 6, 2022 · West Bengal: Eight dead after flash floods during Durga Visarjan in Jalpaiguri; death toll likely to rise; locals say no proper arrangements were made for immersion. Several people are still reported missing after the flash floods in Mal river. Rescue operations are underway and National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence personnel have ...
Amid flood-like situation in Bengal, DVC's release of water from …
Kolkata, The flood-like situation in several districts of West Bengal is likely to worsen as water discharge from DVC's dams increased sharply in a short span of time, officials said on...
Water levels surge in Teesta river even as heavy rainfalls flood …
Jun 13, 2024 · Due to torrential rainfall in Sikkim this week, surging water levels in the Teesta river wrought havoc in Kalimpong in north Bengal, flooding the Teesta Bazar area and leading to the closure of...