The police have stopped the entry of cargo autos travelling from Jharkhand to West Bengal at Duburdih Examine Publish. (Consultant/X@HemantSorenJMM)
Police have blocked cargo autos from getting into West Bengal from Jharkhand on the Duburdih Examine Publish since 7 pm on Thursday. This has led to lengthy queues on the Delhi-Kolkata freeway
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has imposed a ban on the entry of cargo autos from Jharkhand, in protest towards the neigbouring state releasing extra water from Maithon and Panchet dams. This launch has resulted in a flood-like scenario in components of Bengal.
The police have stopped the entry of cargo autos travelling from Jharkhand to West Bengal at Duburdih Examine Publish close to Maithon from round 7 pm on Thursday night. This has led to lengthy queues of autos on the West Bengal-Jharkhand border on the Delhi-Kolkata nationwide freeway. The West Bengal Police mentioned that they’ve acquired an order from senior officers concerning the ban.
Sources mentioned that the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal authorities shouldn’t be happy with Jharkhand releasing water from the dams of the Damodar Valley Company (DVC). The discharge of extra water from the dam has led to a flood-like scenario in Paschim Bardhaman and Medinipur districts within the state. Reportedly, within the final three days, 5 lakh cusec liters of water was launched from the dam in the direction of West Bengal.
The queuing up of autos has led to an enormous visitors jam across the Duburdih Examine Publish. At current, the Jharkhand authorities can be threatening to take comparable motion towards West Bengal.
Mamata Banerjee mentioned that her authorities has severed all ties with DVC, which operates in West Bengal and Jharkhand to stop floods within the adjoining states.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) basic secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya mentioned, “It is a hasty and unjustified step taken by West Bengal. We’ll cease all cargo vehicles carrying meals grains and different commodities going in the direction of West Bengal. Attributable to heavy rains, the water stage in Jharkhand reservoirs has reached near the hazard mark. In any case, an inter-state committee displays the discharge of water from overflowing dams.”
The JMM is a accomplice of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress within the opposition INDIA bloc.