West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Panskura, Mediniput, districts affected by flood on thursday and voiced concerns over the situation. During her visit, she criticised the release of water by Jharkhand and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), a central government organisation over the severe water flooding in the area, ANI reported.

Banerjee said, "This is Jharkhand that released the water, and this is DVC, a central government agency. The amount of water released has gone beyond 4 lakh cusecs. It hasn't ever happened in the past. We have done a lot to mitigate floods--5 lakh ponds, check dams worth Rs5 lakh crore. The Ghatal Master Plan, which was left to gather dust, we took it forward. DVC's total capacity is only 36 percent. Why don't they want to conduct dredging and desilting? Why should Bengal sink? No dredging in Farakka--Bengal and Bihar sink. DVC doesn't dredge, and Bengal sinks. They release water towards Bengal to keep Jharkhand safe."