Incessant rains in Bengal to continue for next two days: MeT dept

India Meteorological Department has informed that moderate to heavy rains will continue in distinct pockets of West Bengal for the next two days.

Kolkata:Moderateto heavy rains will continue in distinct pockets of West Bengal for the next two days, according to the projection of the India Meteorological Department. According to MeT, moderate to heavy rains are projected almost throughout the state till Saturday night which may even continue till Sunday. However, in the late noon hours of Sunday, there are possibilities of improvement in weather condition.

Moderate to heavy rains, which have started in the districts in the western range of the state including Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum, Murshidabad and West Burdwan districts, is likely to continue till Saturday. Orange alert has been issued for these districts. Similarly, the quantum of rainfall is expected to be quite high in the districts of North Bengal including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong and Alipurduar, where a Yellow alert has been issued.

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Similarly, according to the weather forecast of the MeT department, moderate to heavy rains in Kolkata, which has already started since Wednesday night, is expected to continue till the late hours of Saturday. Although on Friday morning, the force of the rain in the state capital receded slightly several important crossings and lanes in and around the city including Behala, Kidderpor, Mominpur Road, Bagbajar and Dhakuria remained waterlogged.

These roads had remained waterlogged since Wednesday night, the water level had not receded till Friday noon, thus reflecting a pathetic condition of the city’s sewerage system.

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