Posted: Tue Jun 21 2011, 02:56 hrs
Kolkata:3,000 people evacuated in West Midnapore, 500 in East Midnapore; situation improves in Bankura
Around 3,000 people have been affected by flooding in several villages of West Midnapore district cause by heavy rainfall and release of water from Kangsabati barrage. There have been no reports of any loss of life but farmlands and a large number of mud houses have been inundated by the flood water, said Suranjan Das, Additional District Magistrate of West Midnapore.
The deep depression has weakened and moved inward but the heavy downpour continues and has lashed several districts, including East Midnapore, Bankura, Hooghly , Burdwan and Darjeeling in the north.
Throughout the day, the special committee constituted by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee monitored the situation and instructed all district officials to coordinate relief work on a war footing.
Irrigation Minister Manas Bhuniya confirmed that at several places heavy rainfall has caused severe damage to houses and embankments.
“At nearly 77 places in Arambagh and Uluberia, reports of land caving in have come. Breaches in the embankments are being repaired at 400 places in South 24-Parganas and 185 places in North 24-Parganas,” said Bhuniya.
He also confirmed that four blocks in East Midnapore have been severely affected with people being slowly evacuated from water logged areas to higher places.
Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee, meanwhile, said the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has sought permission to release 30,000 cusecs of water in intermittent phases. He added that the DVC authorities have been instructed to maintain coordination with the concerned district administration to avoid over flowing of the rivers in the affected areas.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/midnapore-braces-for-flood/806538/
Kolkata:3,000 people evacuated in West Midnapore, 500 in East Midnapore; situation improves in Bankura
Around 3,000 people have been affected by flooding in several villages of West Midnapore district cause by heavy rainfall and release of water from Kangsabati barrage. There have been no reports of any loss of life but farmlands and a large number of mud houses have been inundated by the flood water, said Suranjan Das, Additional District Magistrate of West Midnapore.
The deep depression has weakened and moved inward but the heavy downpour continues and has lashed several districts, including East Midnapore, Bankura, Hooghly , Burdwan and Darjeeling in the north.
Throughout the day, the special committee constituted by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee monitored the situation and instructed all district officials to coordinate relief work on a war footing.
Irrigation Minister Manas Bhuniya confirmed that at several places heavy rainfall has caused severe damage to houses and embankments.
“At nearly 77 places in Arambagh and Uluberia, reports of land caving in have come. Breaches in the embankments are being repaired at 400 places in South 24-Parganas and 185 places in North 24-Parganas,” said Bhuniya.
He also confirmed that four blocks in East Midnapore have been severely affected with people being slowly evacuated from water logged areas to higher places.
Commerce and Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee, meanwhile, said the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has sought permission to release 30,000 cusecs of water in intermittent phases. He added that the DVC authorities have been instructed to maintain coordination with the concerned district administration to avoid over flowing of the rivers in the affected areas.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/midnapore-braces-for-flood/806538/