2024-08-03 15:45:39
Kolkata: Heavy rains are lashing the capital of West Bengal and its surrounding districts. Due to this, Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport was waterlogged. Despite this, flight operations are going on smoothly. Video footage from the airport shows waterlogging on both the runway and taxiway. Actually, Kolkata and its neighboring areas, Howrah, Barrackpore etc. are receiving continuous rainfall. According to weather officials, this rain is happening due to a low pressure area, which has now turned into a deep pressure. This low pressure is currently moving towards Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Which is bringing an active monsoon trough in the southern districts of West Bengal. This is causing continuous rain.Waterlogging at KNI airport too
Earlier, flight operations from Kazi Nazrul Islam (KNI) Airport Day were temporarily suspended on Friday as continuous overnight rains caused waterlogging in and around the airport premises. An official had said that about three flights to and from the airport had to be cancelled for the day. One of these was from New Delhi and the other from Bengaluru. He said that this problem has arisen due to 192 mm of rain in the area. KNI airport officials said that passengers were informed about the problem in time to avoid inconvenience.
Continuous rain in Kolkata causes waterlogging in many areas
Continuous rain in Kolkata and its neighbouring districts of West Bengal on Saturday led to waterlogging in many areas of Kolkata, an official said. The situation was the same in neighbouring cities Howrah, Salt Lake and Barrackpore. The Meteorological Department said that the situation would remain the same throughout the day. According to the police, some parts of central and south Kolkata were also waterlogged, although traffic was not disrupted there. An official of the Meteorological Department said that many parts of Kolkata received up to seven centimetres of rain since Friday afternoon.
Yellow alert for rain in Kolkata
He said that the low pressure formed over the Ganges region of Jharkhand and West Bengal has turned into a dense ‘Avbad’. It is slowly moving towards Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Along with this, there has been rain in the southern districts of West Bengal due to active monsoon. The official said that rain will continue for the next 12 hours in Howrah, West Bardhaman, Birbhum, East Bardhaman, Hooghly, Nadia and North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal. The Meteorological Department has also warned of lightning as well as storms. A ‘yellow’ alert for heavy rain has been issued in the Ganga coastal districts of West Bengal including Kolkata.