Rain disrupts metropolis beingness . (Express photograph by Partha Paul)
With Durga Puja conscionable circular the corner, residents were gearing up for last-minute shopping, but the upwind forecast has present formed a shadiness implicit their plans. According to the Alipore Meteorological Department, dense rainfall is expected successful respective districts crossed West Bengal connected Sunday.
“There is simply a anticipation of dense rainfall successful North Bengal, particularly successful Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, and Jalpaiguri districts. Rain is besides apt successful Cooch Behar, Malda, and South Dinajpur districts,” said Somnath Dutta, the Regional Director of the Alipore Meteorological Department, portion talking to reporters.
For South Bengal, including Kolkata, the forecast predicts airy to mean rainfall with thundershowers.
The districts astir apt to acquisition dense rainfall are North and South 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Hooghly, Purba Bardhaman, Nadia, Birbhum, and Murshidabad. “The upwind is expected to amended from Monday. There is nary accidental of dense rainfall from Monday to Friday. The entity volition mostly beryllium partially cloudy, with a flimsy accidental of airy rainfall oregon scattered thundershowers successful immoderate districts,” said Dutt. The dense rainfall is attributed to the progressive monsoon axis and a beardown cyclone implicit the bluish portion of Ganga and bluish Bangladesh.