West Bengal Pollution Control Board collects water, soil and dead fish samples from Sankosh

Siliguri, Nov 7 (UNI) Ahead of the Kali Puja festivities, an eight-member team of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (PCB) on Saturday collected samples of water, soil and dead fish from the Sankosh River in Kumargram in Alipurduar district to ascertain the reasons behind the large-scale death of fish following a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Bhutan on October 29. It may be recalled that a glacial lake outburst occurred in Bhutan at around 8.15 pm on October 29, triggering flooding downstream towards the Sankosh. Changes in the water level were noticed from October 30, while large numbers…