Two days after the floods in Narmada and Bharuch receded following drop in waters from the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam, politics over the sudden release of waters that inundated two districts causing widespread damages continues to intensify with both the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) calling the floods as “man-made calamity.”
On Thursday, the opposition Congress yet again blamed the State government for not “following the manual” to gradually discharge water from the dam and then suddenly releasing, that caused inundation and massive damages to agriculture, markets and industrial facilities along the Narmada coast in Ankleshwar and Bharuch towns.
“It was a man-made disaster, thanks to the mismanagement by the State government,” said Congress leader Himmatsinh Patel, who led a delegation to visit the flood-affected areas on Thursday.
