West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that several people have been affected, properties damaged, and roads “disrupted” by the recent heavy rainfall in the northern districts of the state.
Stating that she has been personally monitoring the situation in those districts, Banerjee said that she will be sending a high-level disaster management team, including the irrigation minister and senior officials, there on Monday. She assured all forms of help, saying that chief secretary HK Dwivedi would also be monitoring the situation round the clock.
“North Bengal districts have received heavy rainfall; rivers have swollen; roads have been disrupted; properties have been damaged, people have been marooned. DMs and SPs are doing relief and rescue work on a war footing with the help of the NDRF and SDRF. I have been monitoring personally and instructed my CS to supervise the field situation round the clock. No stone will be left unturned,” she tweeted.
“I am sending a high-level disaster management team tomorrow to flood-hit North Bengal under my Irrigation minister and including secretaries of Disaster Management, irrigation, and Agriculture,” she added.