West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sought an explanation from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the reports that the state government sealed the interstate border with Jharkhand.

Mamata claimed the DVC and Jharkhand's Tenughat and Panchet dams have saved their own state and released water into Bengal.

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has blamed the Centre for floods in West Bengal's lower Damodar region alleging that the devastation was caused after 5 lakh cusecs of water was released from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) - controlled dams – a scale of hitherto unwitnessed.

In a four-page letter to PM Modi, the CM claimed that five million people in Bengal have been affected by the floods and requested him to immediately sanction and release central funds

In the letter to Modi, Banerjee requests immediate release of central funds to address the widespread devastation caused by the floods

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 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,

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote to PM Narendra Modi, seeking intervention against flooding due to DVC's water release. She warned of disengaging from DVC if unilateral actions persist. The floods have affected five million people and led to 26 deaths across 11 districts in south Bengal.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee threatens to cut ties with DVC over floods, risking power supply in southern Bengal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that her state would sever all ties with the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for "unilaterally releasing water",

In a four-page letter to Modi, Banerjee claimed that five million people in Bengal have been affected by the floods and requested him to immediately sanction and release central funds.