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Rains claim 8 lives in Bengal, no let-up in situation
Kolkata, Oct 08: Heavy rains claimed eight lives in four West Bengal districts while intermittent showers, caused by the depression lying near Raipur in Chattisgarh, continued to affect normal life in the metropolis and entire Gangetic belt for the third day today.
Kolkata, Oct 08: Heavy rains claimed eight lives in four West Bengal districts while intermittent showers, caused by the depression lying near Raipur in Chattisgarh, continued to affect normal life in the metropolis and entire Gangetic belt for the third day today.
The deaths, caused by house-collapse and electrocution, were reported from East and West Midnapore districts and in Kolkata since Monday night.
Widespread waterlogging disrupted surface transport system in the rain-soaked Kolkata, while train services were hit due to inundation of the tracks at Howrah. The unseasonal rains caused massive crop loss in East and West Midnapore and South 24-Parganas districts where about 1.5 lakh population were affected either by house-collapse or submergence of their dwellings, reports said.
The state's Chief Minister, Buddhadev Bhattacharjee, told newsmen at the State Secretariat that over 12,000 mud houses collapsed mainly in East Midnapore and South 24-Parganas districts.
Ninety families were evacuated to safer places from some low-lying areas in Jadavpur and Tiljala in the southern fringe of Kolkata.
Eastern Railway sources said that train services to and from Howrah were affected due to waterlogging in the rail yard, forcing cancellation of five pairs of EMU trains. Weatherman said the depression had not moved much from its yesterday's position, and was today lying 10 km off Raipur in Chattisgarh. Under its influence, the entire Gangetic belt would continue to be lashed by moderate to heavy rains in the next 24 hours.
Bureau Report
Widespread waterlogging disrupted surface transport system in the rain-soaked Kolkata, while train services were hit due to inundation of the tracks at Howrah. The unseasonal rains caused massive crop loss in East and West Midnapore and South 24-Parganas districts where about 1.5 lakh population were affected either by house-collapse or submergence of their dwellings, reports said.
The state's Chief Minister, Buddhadev Bhattacharjee, told newsmen at the State Secretariat that over 12,000 mud houses collapsed mainly in East Midnapore and South 24-Parganas districts.
Ninety families were evacuated to safer places from some low-lying areas in Jadavpur and Tiljala in the southern fringe of Kolkata.
Eastern Railway sources said that train services to and from Howrah were affected due to waterlogging in the rail yard, forcing cancellation of five pairs of EMU trains. Weatherman said the depression had not moved much from its yesterday's position, and was today lying 10 km off Raipur in Chattisgarh. Under its influence, the entire Gangetic belt would continue to be lashed by moderate to heavy rains in the next 24 hours.
Bureau Report