The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday rebutted Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil's claim regarding the release of water from two Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) reservoirs, alleging a deliberate conspiracy by the Centre to destabilise West Bengal during the festive season.

In a post on X, Patil said the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee (DVRRC) had been authorised to guide DVC in the release of water from Maithon and Panchet reservoirs. He said the DVRRC secretariat had sought views from the West Bengal Irrigation and Waterways Directorate prior to the release, but received no response from the state government.

''The factual information provided by DVRRC secretariat is that a total combined release of 70,000 cusecs — 42,500 from (Maithon dam and 27,500 from Panchet dam

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