India, Oct. 13 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday demanded compensation from Bhutan saying that the flood in north Bengal was triggered by water which came down from Bhutan through transboundary rivers.

"Water from Bhutan triggered this flood. We have been urging the Centre to set up an Indo-Bhutan River Commission with a representative of West Bengal as one of its members. A meeting is likely to be held in this connection on October 16, I have heard. Our representative would be there. But as this devastation was triggered by water, which came down from Bhutan, we want them to compensate," Banerjee said.

She was addressing a government program to distribute relief at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri, one of the worst-hit are...