"The very serious condition that we see today never occurred earlier. The only way to get rid of this is desiltation. There is a need for national silt management policy," he said.He urged Modi to send a team of experts to assess the "unprecedented" situation in the eastern state while noting that it is the best time to evaluate the conditions there. "The Prime Minister assured me that experts will be sent and a decision on this subject should be taken soon. He has earlier held it responsible for increasing siltage in the Ganga river basin.Due to silt, Ganga could not store the amount of water it used to earlier, leading to flood-like condition despite not receiving proportionate amount of rain fall, he said.

Source: Times of India August 23, 2016 11:15 UTC