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Torrential rain brought Kolkata to a standstill on Tuesday, flooding large parts of the city and leaving at least seven people dead from electrocution.Train and Metro Railway services were disrupted in the city and suburbs owing to waterlogging of tracks, officials said.CM Mamata Banerjee issues statement Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee described the downpour as “unprecedented” and lash out at poor dredging of Farakka and “lapses” by power utility CESC.”Even our houses are submerged; we are all suffering. I am feeling so bad for the Pujo pandals as well,” Banerjee said, adding that schools have been asked to declare holidays and office-goers advised to stay home for their own safety.”I am in constant touch with the Mayor, Chief Secretary, and the police. Farakka is not dredged properly, so every time it rains in Bihar, UP, Uttarakhand, Mumbai, Delhi, everywhere there is waterlogging. This time the rain is slightly unusual,” the chief minister told a Bengali news channel.Live EventsThe CM said she has never seen rain like this and feels bad for the people who have lost their lives.More rains in West BengalThe city is bracing for more downpour as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that a low-pressure area over the northeast Bay of Bengal is likely to bring heavy rain in several south Bengal districts.Rainfall was heaviest in the southern and eastern parts of the city, with Garia Kamdahari recording 332 mm in just a few hours, according to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). This was followed by 285 mm in Jodhpur Park, 280 mm in Kalighat, 275 mm in Topsia, 264 mm in Ballygunge, and 195 mm in Thantania in north Kolkata.— PTI_News (@PTI_News) A low-pressure area has formed over the northeast Bay of Bengal and is likely to move northwestwards, bringing widespread light to moderate rain with isolated heavy to very heavy downpour over some districts of south Bengal, the IMD said.Train services have been partially affected to and from Howrah and Kolkata terminal stations of Eastern Railway as tracks got waterlogged owing to heavy downpour, he said. Train movement in the Circular Railway line has also been suspended due to waterlogging at Chitpur yard, he added.Many schools have declared a holiday in the wake of very heavy downpour and waterlogged streets. Office-goers were having a tough time reaching their destinations because of lack of public transport and traffic snarls.— PTI_News (@PTI_News) The city is bracing for more downpour as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that a low-pressure area over the northeast Bay of Bengal is likely to bring heavy rain in several south Bengal districts.The intensity of rain was higher in the southern and eastern parts of the city, with Garia Kamdahari recording 332 mm of rain in just a few hours, followed by Jodhpur Park at 285 mm, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) said. Kalighat recorded 280 mm of rain, Topsia 275 mm, Ballygunge 264 mm, while Thantania in north Kolkata received 195 mm of rain, they added.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now!
The weather office said heavy rainfall is likely to occur in Purba and Paschim Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, Jhargram and Bankura districts in South Bengal till Wednesday. It said another fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the east-central and adjoining north Bay of Bengal around September 25.(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)

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