Every monsoon, the town of Ghatal in West Midnapore district of West Bengal becomes an island in a sea of misery. For the 2.5 lakh people living here and in its surrounding blocks, the arrival of rain is not a season—it is a sentence.
Property worth several crores of rupees was damaged in the high intensity rainfall that lashed Siliguri last evening. Lightning also struck the HT gearbox at the all-important Kiran Chandra Crematorium, which led to the malfunctioning of the furnaces, it is learnt. The Met office has warned of more rainfall.
The heavy downpour that lashed the city overnight threw life out of gear, inundating several parts of central and south Kolkata.
The meteorological department has predicted more rain in most parts of the districts in South Bengal in the next 24 hours till Friday.
The meteorological department on Monday warned of “heavy to very heavy rainfall” in five northern districts of West Bengal for…
