West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (August 4, 2025) accused the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of being “anti-Bengal” and triggering flood-like situations across the State with a sudden “11-fold increase in water discharge” from its dams.
“A staggering 11-fold increase in DVC’s water discharge in 2025, compared to 2024, has shaken us. It is 30-times higher than 2023!! There is a systematic attempt to trigger more and more flood-like situations across South Bengal. This is not a natural disaster. It’s a man-made catastrophe, more and more,” Ms. Banerjee wrote on X.
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In her post, she cited data, claiming that the outflow from DVC during June and July of this year was 50,287 lakh cubic metres whereas its outflow in the same months last year was only 4,535 lakh cubic metres.
Damodar Valley Corporation is a Central agency that manages a network of dams in the Damodar river valley area spread across Jharkhand and West Bengal.
