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Tuesday, 21 June 2011

The Damodar Valley Corporation today released 45,000 cusecs of water from the Durgapur Barrage and was expected to release another 11,000 cusecs by tonight, but it would not pose danger of floods in any south Bengal district.

Kolkata, June 21 (PTI) The Damodar Valley Corporation today released 45,000 cusecs of water from the Durgapur Barrage and was expected to release another 11,000 cusecs by tonight, but it would not pose danger of floods in any south Bengal district.

Burdwan District Magistrate Onkar Singh Meena said that there was absorption capacity upto 60,000 cusecs and there was no danger of floods.

If there was heavy rain and the discharge crossed one lakh cusecs it could lead to floods in the districts of Burdwan, Hooghly, Howrah and East and West Midnapore, he said.

In the district people had been asked to move away from low-lying areas of Khandgosh, Raina, Jamalpur and Galsi, villages near the river Damodar, he said.

In West Midnapore district, the release of water by the DVC has led to a rise in the water levels of the Kangsaboti, Keleghai, Kapaleswari and Chandia rivers, Additional District Magistrate, Subhanjan Das.

He said that a population of 1.63 lakh has been affected by the recent rains which damaged crops and houses, he said.

Clothes, eatables and tarpaulin sheets were being distributed to the affected people, he said.

There was some shortage of tarpaulins for which an SOS was sent to the state government and another 15,000 tarpaulins have arrived, he said.

District Magistrate S Gupta said that the water level in the rivers was not alarming because of the DVC discharge and there was an adequate quantity of food.

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