Kolkata Rains LIVE Updates: 5 Dead; Train And Metro Services Suspended As Heavy Rain Causes Waterlogging

Check out latest updates on Kolkata rains, traffic and more.

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Intense overnight showers severely disrupted daily life in Kolkata and its surrounding areas, leaving several parts of the city submerged under knee-deep water and causing widespread traffic paralysis.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Kolkata Mayor Actively Monitoring Situation

Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, along with Tarak Singh, Municipal Commissioner and senior KMC officials are actively monitoring the situation from KMC's Control Room to combat any emergency.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Waterlogged Visuals Go Viral

A X user shared visuals of waterlogged streets in Kolkata on Tuesday morning.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Traffic Disrupted

Kolkata Traffic Police shared the list of waterlogged places in the city, that is facing obstructed traffic at present.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Waterlogged Visuals Go Viral

A X user shared visuals of waterlogged streets in Kolkata on Tuesday morning.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Many Schools Declare A Holiday

Many schools have declared a holiday in the wake of very heavy downpour and waterlogged streets.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport 

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was waterlogged on Tuesday morning.

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Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Metro Services Suspended Between Shahid Khudiram And Maidan Stations

A Metro Railway Kolkata spokesperson told PTI, that in order to ensure passengers' safety, services have been suspended between Shahid Khudiram and Maidan stations since morning hours.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Train Services Hit

Train services in the Sealdah South Section and Circular Railway line has been suspended, while skeleton services are being run in the Sealdah North and main sections, an Eastern Railway official told PTI.

Train services have been partially affected to and from Howrah and Kolkata terminal stations of Eastern Railway, he added.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Waterlogging Reported In Several Areas

Several X users shared visuals of waterlogged streets in Kolkata on Tuesday morning.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Train, Metro Rail Services Disrupted

Train and Metro Railway services were disrupted in the city and suburbs owing to waterlogging of tracks.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Fresh Low-Pressure Likely To Form Around Sept. 25

IMD further noted, that another fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the east-central and adjoining north Bay of Bengal around Sept. 25.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: IMD Predicts Heavy Rainfall To Continue In South Bengal

The IMD stated that the low-pressure area over the northeast Bay of Bengal 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 heavy rainfall is likely to occur in Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, Jhargram and Bankura districts of South Bengal till Wednesday.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Rain Intensity Higher In Southern And Eastern Parts Of The City

The rainfall intensity was higher in the Southern and Eastern parts of Kolkata.

According to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Garia Kamdahari recorded 332 mm of rain in just a few hours, followed by Jodhpur Park at 285 mm. Kalighat recorded 280 mm of rain, Topsia 275 mm, Ballygunge 264 mm, while Thantania in north Kolkata received 195 mm of rain.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: IndiGo Issues Passenger Advisory

IndiGo Airlines has issued passenger advisory for Kolkata on Tuesday due to heavy rains.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: 5 Dead In Rain Related Incidents

Five people have died in rain-related incidents in Kolkata and its suburbs after heavy rain overnight led to waterlogging in several places in the city, according to a NDTV report.

The deaths in separate incidents have occurred in Central and Southern parts of Kolkata— Beniapukur, Kalikapur, Netaji Nagar, Gariahat and Ekbalpur.

Kolkata Rains News LIVE: Heavy Rains Disrupt Daily Life

Hello and welcome to our Kolkata rains live blog!.

Intense overnight showers severely disrupted daily life in Kolkata and its surrounding areas, leaving several parts of the city submerged under knee-deep water and causing widespread traffic paralysis.

The IMD stated that the low-pressure area over the northeast Bay of Bengal is likely to move northwestwards, bringing widespread light to moderate rain with isolated heavy to very heavy downpour over some districts of South Bengal.

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