While Calcutta is waiting for Durga Puja, the city swallowed unprecedented heavy rain and dampens the festive spirit. Durga Puja in Bengal is usually marked by a damp heat, but this year’s constant rain-the most severe since 1986 and the sixth highest one-day rainfall in 137 years-surprised the state.
At least 10 people were killed, nine due to electric current, in heavy rains. The rain also set out air, road and rail transport. With deep water on his knees, educational institutions were closed, forcing the Bengal government to declare Durga’s holidays in advance.
When the deaths were reported and the flights were delayed or abolished due to heavy rains, the Bharatiya Janata party went to Mamata Banerjee’s government and required a schedule of the Code of Code.
The trader spills dairy products from the container after rainwater flooded the Calcutta area
Here is 10 points that wrap the rain disrupted the solemn time:
- Kolkata woke up to the flooded streets after three hours of continuous rains in dead night. IMD recorded on Tuesday 23 September 185.6 mm rain between 2.30 and 5.30.
- The heavy rain was caused by a low -pressure area and the showers are likely to continue the already wet districts in the southern part of West Bengal to Wednesday, September 24, in the morning.
- The MET office reported that on Thursday, September 25, another similar system of low -pressure area is likely to create and bring showers. It is very likely that around Saturday 27th. September will cross the coast coast of South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh.
- According to several non -insiders of social media from Bengal, the rain flooded even homes and forced people to move their furniture to the upper floors. Many of them were seen that they lean barefoot through dirty flood water.
6. The circular railway services were suspended and at least 30 years were abolished due to heavy rains in Calcutta.
7. More rains are predicted in Purba and Paschim Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, Jhargram and Bankura on Wednesday.
8. Major Minister Mamata Baerjee said she feels bad for Pudské Poles. “This rain is so unusual. Even our homes are immersed. I feel bad for the pujo of the panly.
Durga Puja Pandal has subjected to Calcutta after severe collisions
9. For floods in the streets of Mamata Banerjee, she accused inadequate dredging of Farakka Parages by Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for flooding and claiming that whenever it rains in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, or Uttarakhand, in the face of water.
10. BJP launched an attack on TMC and accused him of the flood in front of Durga Puja.
“Mamata turned Kolkata into a crime scene”: How did BJP react?
BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya took the X and accused the government of TMC as a disaster and declared “the criminal negligence and stunning apathy of Mamata Banerjee and Firhad Hakim.”
He said, “Alipore Met Dept released a warning a month ago about continuous precipitation during the loan. One month! Their answer? Absolute, deafening silence. No plans. No preparations. They just sat down and let the waters rise.
“While this urban prey benefits Cronies TMC, Calcata is left defenseless, snaps for breath in the air. It’s no longer a city; Mamata Banerjee has turned into a crime scene”
BJP West Bengal wrote: “These visuals clearly summarize” Unnayan “made by Mamata Banerjee.”
In another post, he stated: “If it is a condition of civil life, how can anyone think that he lives sustainable life in Calcutta? How can an organization intending to invest?
“Weapons pain”: How did TMC react
When BJP went into the attack, Minister Chandrimi Bhattachary said that the flood was the result of cloudburst, and claims that such a case can overcome any city. She also started a counterattack on the BJP and accused him of “pain and spreading hate”.
She said, “Yesterday, the rare cloudsta furiousness faced. Almost 300 mm rains fell within a few hours, a scale that overwhelmed any city, regardless of its infrastructure. Scientists said the same in Mumbai 2005, Chennai 2015, Delhi 2023, no city escapes without pause.”
“Yet what does @bjp4india do? Ignore science, ignore compassion, ignore the reality of climate. Their only obsession is the weapon of pain and spreading hatred. They think people cannot recognize the difference between natural calamity and their propaganda.”
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