Over 3.39 lakh cusecs of water is being discharged into the Damodar River, affecting downstream areas. Residents in low-lying regions have been warned about potential flooding as officials ...

Aimed at controlling devastating floods caused by the mighty Damodar river which passes through Bihar (now Jharkhand) and Bengal, DVC was set up in July 1948. The Centre, Bengal and Jharkhand are ...

West Bengal Chief Secretary H.K. Dwivedi said that the flood situation had become serious because of discharge of water from the reservoir of two river systems, the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC ...

People wade through floodwaters at a flood-affected area, in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. People wade through a waterlogged road in Santipur area flooded by Hooghly river, in Nadia ...

"The flooding is man-made," she said ... The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), which manages dams along the Damodar river that flows through the states, said it had "reduced" the release of ...

Khanakul I and II blocks in Hooghly are among the areas most affected by the recent floods, caused by the significant release of water from the DVC dams because of heavy rainfall upstream of the ...

Multipurpose river valley projects in India were started with the basic aim of meeting the critical requirements of irrigation for agriculture, electricity for industries and flood control.

Arvind Kumar on Saturday said that the State government would take all measures to prevent submergence of the catchment areas ...