Heavy showers derail city as pockets report waterlogging
The Statesman | 11 October 2025Fortunately, the heavy precipitation did not prolong, and by 5.30 p.m. it had decreased to a light drizzle in most places. But not before several roads in central and southern parts of the city became waterlogged, creating traffic dislocations and inconvenience for many homebound office-goers.
The Alipore weather office recorded 69 mm of rainfall till 5.30 p.m. on Friday, while the measurements at the Met stations at Dum Dum and Salt Lake were 32 mm and 27 mm respectively. Barrackpore was in between at 35 mm. The rain measurement units of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, however, threw up a heavier picture. Jodhpur Park experienced as much as 83 mm of rainfall, followed by Ballygunge (59 mm), Kalighat (56 mm) and Thanthania in north Kolkata (54 mm).
As a result, areas in and around Camac Street, Exide crossing, Elliot Road, Kalighat, Gariahat and College Street, among others, were flooded, holding up traffic for a few hours. An official of the KMC drainage department said the gate that drains accumulated water from the Camac Street region could not be opened till 5.45 p.m. because of the high tide in the river. “They were opened soon after and, by 8 pm, the majority of thoroughfares in the city were free from waterlogging,” he said.
Though nowhere near the 251 mm of rain of the day of the recent great deluge, the weather developments of the day were as if they were the last roar of a withdrawing South-West Monsoon. The Alipore weather office today posted on its social media pages that “conditions are favourable for the SW Monsoon to withdraw from many parts of West Bengal and eastern India in the next three to four days.”
In fact, the weather forecast for the weekend says generally cloudy skies with light to moderate rain occurring in some places, accompanied by an occasional thunder shower.
