Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari today said that the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and state irrigation and other related departments will work together during the upcoming peak monsoon season to combat the flood like situation in the low lying areas in the lower Damodar basin.
The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has agreed to release an additional 21,000 acre-feet of water from its dams and barrages to support boro crop cultivation in five South Bengal districts, following a request by state panchayat minister and Durgapur East MLA Pradip Majumdar.
Senior General Manager Sushil Kumar Arjariya said the plant had to be shut because ash removal from the ash pond had been stalled for nearly four months.
After staging a protest at the Maithon office of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) a few days ago, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) today gheraoed the Panchet office of the DVC in Jharkhand, alleging that the corporation has been releasing huge quantities of water without consulting the state government, leading to man-made floods.
Electronics Corporation of India Limited, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, under the department of atomic energy, signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)
The evening saw the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the chairman, the member (finance), the member (technical) and the CVO, DVC and the rendition of the soul-stirring DVC Geet.
With the water level rising in the rivers in north Bengal, the chief minister once again vented her anger on the DVC for the flood-like situation in the state, and described it “man-made”.
The upper dams of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) have maintained green category combined discharges since yesterday.
Dismissing claims made by industry bodies representing ferroalloy and steel plant units in West Bengal, the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on Friday stated that the appeal made to chief minister Mamata Banerjee was inaccurate and one-sided.
BHEL has maintained its leadership by winning orders worth Rs 81,349 crore in the power sector.
