Bengal to undertake ₹2,800 cr irrigation project
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the state government will undertake an irrigation project worth ₹2,800 crore to keep a check on floods. The project will involve canal dredging in Burdwan, Hooghly, Bankura, East Midnapore and other south Bengal districts. It will be undertaken with the help of World Bank in the next five years, Banerjee added.