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PM, Mamata discuss floods in Bengal
August 04, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take stock of the flood situation in state and assures her of all help.
Banerjee complained about the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) releasing water.
The Chief Minister had also called Modi after the aerial survey of the flood-hit areas she planned got cancelled due to bad weather.
Banerjee then went by road to the some of the worst-hit areas in Udainarainpur, located in Kolkata's adjoining Howrah district.