Three die of electrocution in Kolkata, Very heavy rain paralyses normal life
The Hindu | 23 September 2025Another low-pressure area is likely over east-central and adjoining north Bay of Bengal around September 25, it said.
Very heavy showers overnight threw life out of gear in Kolkata and its surrounding areas on Tuesday, with several places inundated under knee-deep water and traffic paralysed.
Water entered many houses and residential complexes in the city as roads went underwater owing to the overnight rain that started past midnight.
At least three persons died of electrocution in rain-hit areas of Kolkata, officials said, as very heavy overnight rainfall triggered widespread water-logging that brought traffic, public transport and daily life in the city and its surroundings to a grinding halt on Tuesday.
“Three persons have died due to electrocution, as per our reports so far,” an official of the Lalbazar Police Control said.
Very heavy showers overnight threw life out of gear in Kolkata and its surrounding areas on Tuesday, with several places inundated under knee-deep water and traffic paralysed.
Water entered many houses and residential complexes in the city as roads went underwater owing to the overnight rain that started past midnight. 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.
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
