Centre rejects Mamata Banerjee’s allegation

New Delhi, Oct 07, 2025 : The Central government has rejected the allegation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of discrimination over flood management and river cleaning. In a social media post, the Jal Shakti Ministry said that India is already working closely with Bhutan on trans-border river issues and has released more than one thousand two hundred 90 crore rupees to the state under flood management programmes.

The Ministry said, under the Ganga Action Plan and Namami Gange Programme, a total of 62 projects and interventions worth over five thousand six hundred crore rupees have been undertaken in West Bengal. It said the National Mission for Clean Ganga has sanctioned a total of 31 sewerage infrastructure projects, 30 ghats and crematoria projects in the state. Besides a large single project for river rejuvenation in West Bengal, the rejuvenation of Tolly Nullah in Kolkata has been sanctioned.