West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accuses Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of triggering floods in the state.

• Banerjee alleges a sudden “11-fold increase in water discharge” from DVC’s dams in 2025, compared to 2024.

• She claims this is a systematic attempt to trigger flood-like situations across South Bengal.

• Banerjee cites data showing a massive outflow from DVC in June and July 2022, compared to 4,535 lakh cubic metres in the same months last year.

• Banerjee claims this massive release during peak monsoon has devastated districts, destroyed crops, breached embankments, and forced thousands to evacuate.