Overview

• State irrigation officials said discharge from the DVC’s Maithon and Panchet dams rose to about 70,000 cusecs on Friday, with 59,075 cusecs moving through the Durgapur Barrage and its canals.
• District administrations in Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Purba and Paschim Bardhaman, Hooghly, Howrah and Bankura were placed on alert for possible riverbank breaches and inundation.
• Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged the DVC released 65,000 cusecs without prior notice during Bijoya Dashami and later asserted total discharge exceeded 150,000 cusecs by evening, a claim not corroborated by officials in these reports.
• The DVC did not issue an immediate response in the latest coverage, though it has previously said releases are guided by inflows and dam-safety requirements.
• An IMD bulletin warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall linked to a weakening depression over eastern India, which officials said could drive fresh inflows into the Damodar system.