Kolkata, Sep 22 (Reporter) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a fresh letter to Prime minister Narendra Modi on "man-made" flood situation in southern West Bengal, insisting that the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released water from its reservoirs without consulting her government, an official said on Sunday. "This is my second letter to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India regarding the devastating MAN-MADE flood in South Bengal caused by unprecedented release of water by DVC," Banerjee said on her X handle on Sunday. The letter coincided with the West Bengal representative on DVC board, Power secretary Santanu Bose, resigning in protest. The chief engineer, irrigation and waterways also resigned from the Damodar Valley Reservoirs Regulation Committee( DVRRC) citing the same reason, a government statement said on Sunday. The Chief Minister’s second letter to the PM follows a reply she received to her first letter from the ministry of Jal Shakti. "While the Minister (Jal Shakti) claims that the release from DVC dams was carried out by consensus and collaboration with the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee (DVRRC), including consultation with the representatives of Government of West Bengal, I may respectfully disagree,” Banerjee wrote. Responding to Bengal CM letter to PM on September 20, Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil had said the state's officials were informed about the release of water from the DVC reservoirs, which necessitated averting a major disaster. Disagreeing with the version of the central minister, Banerjee in her letter to the PM said, "All the critical decisions are made unilaterally by representatives of the Central Water Commission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India without arriving at a consensus." She clarified that sometimes water was released without any intimation to the state and the views of her government were not honoured. "Moreover peak release from the reservoirs lasting for a prolonged period of nine hours was conducted with only 3.5-hour notice which proved insufficient for effective disaster management," she said. The Bengal chief minister said over 5 million people were affected by the floods. She also demanded a substantial central grant to address the unprecedented devastation in the man-made flood, caused by the DVC...////...