5Photo© dnaindia.comMamata warns of potential flood-like situation in 7 West Bengal districts
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The Damodar Valley Corporation said it was releasing 90,000 cusecs of water from Panchet and Maithon dams at 11.30 pm on Monday.
The release of water increased to 2.1 lakh cusecs by 6.54 am on Tuesday, marking a significant increase in only seven hours. The discharge further escalated to 2.5 lakh cusecs by 8.31 am, with a rise of 40,000 cusecs in just one-and-a-half hours, DVC officials said.
DVC issued a 'red alert' following the release of water.
The discharge was increased due to high upstream water flow, they said.
“ Flood like situation may occur in the lower basin area of the Damodar valley due to heavy rains and release of excess water from dams and barrages... Senior officers have been posted in the districts…
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“ There have been heavy rains and the DVC [Damodar Valley Corporation which operates a multipurpose river project in West Bengal and Jharkhand] has been releasing water from Panchet Dam on River Damodar…
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