SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Sept 20: Truck movement on the interstate National Highway (NH-2) has been completely paralyzed since Thursday evening, as the West Bengal government has banned the entry of heavy vehicles from the Jharkhand side at the Dibudih check post on the Jharkhand—Bengal border.
Negotiation is underway
Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner (DC) Madhvi Mishra told media persons that Bengal police have stopped vehicles at the checkpoint. A report has been taken from the block development officer. Senior authorities at the state headquarters and the chief minister have been informed about it. Negotiation at the government level is underway.
Bengal police officials posted at Debudih check post also said that entry of trucks has been banned on the directive of senior authorities.
Getting ban information, Nirsa block development officer (BDO) of Dhanbad Indralal Poddar visited the check-post to clear the road on Thursday evening where he was informed about the Bengal government order.
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Following the ban on entry of vehicles in Bengal, a 10 km long queue of heavy vehicles from the Dibudih check post of Bengal to Nirsa police station of ( Dhanbad) Jharkhand appeared on the Delhi- Kolkata lane of NH-2 on Friday morning.
Ban on Mamata Banerjee’s order
Sources said that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has banned the entry of trucks from the Jharkhand side in protest against the continuous release of water from the Maithon and Panchet Dams of DVC which has flooded West Burdman and Mednipur districts.
DVC stops release of water
For the last one week due to heavy rainfall in the region, 58451 acre feet water from the Maithon dam and 220640 acre feet from the Panchet dam of DVC are being daily released in Bengal lowlands.
Water inflow in Maithon dam is 53036-acre feet while in Panchet dam is 151447 acre feet daily.
A DVC official said that water is being released from dams on the directive of the Central Water Commission (CWC), New Delhi. However, the DVC official said releasing of water has been stopped.
