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NEW DELHI: Kolkata came to a adjacent standstill connected Tuesday arsenic precise dense overnight rainfall triggered wide flooding, leaving streets submerged, cars stranded, and Durga Puja pandals inundated.
Public transport was severely disrupted, trains and Metro services were suspended, and regular beingness crossed the metropolis and its suburbs crushed to a halt.Videos circulating online amusement streets resembling rivers, cars submerged up to their windows, and floodwaters engulfing pandals. Authorities urged residents to workout caution, debar unnecessary travel, and show updates from metropolis officials and airlines, arsenic delays and question disruptions persist.At slightest 7 radical died owed to electrocution successful rain-hit areas, officials confirmed.
Traffic crossed Kolkata was paralysed, with cardinal intersections specified arsenic Park Circus, Gariahat, Behala, and College Street submerged successful knee-to-waist-deep water. Major roads, including EM Bypass, AJC Bose Road, and Central Avenue, experienced agelong snarls, portion smaller lanes successful southbound and cardinal Kolkata became impassable.
Commuters reported buses breaking down mid-route, portion taxis and app-based cabs either remained disconnected the roads oregon charged inflated fares.
Train and Metro services were heavy affected. Metro Railway Kolkata suspended operations betwixt Shahid Khudiram and Maidan stations. "Truncated services are being tally betwixt Dakshineswar and Maidan stations," a spokesperson said, adding that mean services are expected to resume soon.
Eastern Railway reported partial suspension successful the Sealdah southbound section, portion skeleton services continued successful northbound and main sections.
Several long-distance trains, including the Kolkata–Jammu Tawi Express and Kolkata–Amritsar Express, were rescheduled owed to waterlogging.
The heaviest rainfall was recorded successful confederate and eastbound parts of the city, with Garia Kamdahari receiving 332 mm, followed by Jodhpur Park astatine 285 mm, Kalighat astatine 280 mm, Topsia astatine 275 mm, Ballygunge astatine 264 mm, and Thantania successful northbound Kolkata astatine 195 mm, according to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Water besides entered galore residential complexes, adding to the chaos.Schools declared holidays arsenic office-goers struggled to scope workplaces amid disrupted transport. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of continued dense rainfall successful southbound Bengal districts, including Purba and Paschim Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, Jhargram, and Bankura, and forecasted a caller low-pressure strategy implicit the Bay of Bengal astir September 25.
