12 Kolkata: Several areas of north and central Kolkata were waterlogged following a spell of heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon and presence of a high tide in the Hooghly. However, large parts of south Kolkata did not receive such heavy rain.
According to H R Biswas, head of weather section at Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata, there was disparity in rainfall between north and south because it was a thundershower.Sources in KMC drainage department said areas such as Maniktala, Ultadanga, Beliaghata, Thanthania received heavy rain from 1 pm to 2 pm while Ballygunge, Jodhpur Park and the adjacent neighbourhoods received little rain. According to a KMC drainage department official, storm water took time to recede due to the high tide in the Hooghly in the afternoon.
Several roads at Salt Lake and New Town were inundated for a few hours following the rain. Stretches on the First Avenue and the crossroads including places of Karunamoyee, in front of CGO complex and the roads leading to City Centre mall were waterlogged. The water receded after a couple of hours as the civic authorities operated pumps to drain out the excess water. BMC drainage and sewerage department officials said all monsoon waterlogging prevention measures were being taken across Salt Lake and Rajarhat Gopalpur. The gully pits were regularly being cleaned up with machines.
There is a low-pressure area over central parts of Bangladesh and neighbourhood with an associated cyclonic circulation. The system is likely to move north-north-westwards across West Bengal during the next two days. There is another cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand and neighbourhood while the monsoon trough at present passes through Sri Ganganagar, Rohtak, Orai, Churk, Malda to the centre of low-pressure area over Central parts of Bangladesh and neighbourhood. The met office has predicted light to moderate rain across south Bengal till Friday, with some heavy spells in places in North and South 24 Parganas
“In Kolkata, too, we expect active thundershower activities till the weekend,” said Biswas.