India
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
Kolkata, July 31: Discharge of water from dams and barrages in West Bengal is set to increase as the storage facilities are almost full with heavy rainfall across the state for the last two days, officials said on Saturday.
The inflow of water to these facilities is going up due to incessant rain in the state and neighbouring Jharkhand, they said. The West Bengal government permitted Damodar Valley Corporation to discharge up to 1 lakh cusec of water, an official said.
“The situation is alarming with heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours. We have tried to restrict water release. Discharge from Panchet and Maithon on Saturday is within the green zone which is up to 50,000 cusec. But incessant rain of about 100 mm in the upstream is a threat. Tenughat dam in Jharkhand released 90,000 cusec…