West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered the sealing of her state's land border with Jharkhand blaming the neighbouring province for causing floods in her own backyard, media reports said.

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the flood like situation at various districts in South Bengal. Calling it a ‘man made flood’,

Kolkata: West Bengal, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday shot off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee advising her to carry out her duties following flood in the state and not to blame the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for the inundation, a Raj Bhavan source said.

Blaming Jharkhand for unbridled release of water through its DVC damns, CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was shutting Bengal's borders with the state for three days. The police reportedly stopped the entry of cargo vehicles travelling from Jharkhand to West Bengal at Duburdih Check Post near Maithon from around 7 pm on Thursday evening,

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose advises Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to address flood issues without blaming the Damodar Valley Corporation.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of causing severe flooding in South Bengal due to the unplanned release of water.

( MENAFN - IANS) Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) Jal Shakti Union Minister C.R. Patil on Friday refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation accusing Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of being responsible for the current flood situation in the state.

West Bengal, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday shot off a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee advising her to carry out her duties following flood in the state and not to blame the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for the inundation,

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Centre's Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and the Jharkhand government for triggering "man-made" floods in the south Bengal. Mamata claimed the DVC and Jharkhand's Tenughat and Panchet dams have saved their own state and released water into Bengal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the sealing of the interstate border and stated that the Bengal-Jharkhand border would be closed for three days.

Union Jal Shakti Ministry says Damodar Valley Corporation followed protocols while letting Bengal know about the release of water from dams; Bengal closes Jharkhand border for commercial vehicles