In Kolkara, a number of areas had been flooded on Sunday as rain continued for the third day in a row, whereas in different districts, a flood-like state of affairs was created on account of overflowing rivers. Many locations in South Bengal have misplaced contact and roads have been submerged in water.
A 22-year-old man is feared useless after being washed away within the Garui river in Asansol.
The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains in Sikkim, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar and reasonable rains in Kolkata on Monday.
In Asansol, the water stage of Garui and Nunia rivers has elevated on account of steady rain for 3 days. The flood waters entered the homes adjoining to the rivers. People had been evacuated to safer locations in Ramkrishna Danga, Dhadka, Jehangir Mohalla and Haji Kadam Rasool School within the railway space of ​​Asansol.
Sources mentioned 22-year-old Iftekar Alam, a resident of Asansol, bought washed away within the Garui river. He was but to be discovered.
The raging Damodar river submerges three village panchayats in Jangipara block of Hooghly district. At the identical time, a big a part of the river mattress was submerged in Bingram of Champadanga Panchayat of Tarakeswar block. Many individuals had been delivered to the reduction camp by the administration. Sources mentioned individuals residing close to the dam space are fearful concerning the rising water stage of the river.
Many areas within the district like Rashidpur, Rajbalhat-1 and Rajbalhat-2 of Jangipara block, Chitghola, Hariharpur, Bakpota, Akna, Shyampur and Damodar Char of Tarakeswar block had been going through flood-like state of affairs. Hundreds of bighas of cultivable land is roofed with water.
Similarly, because of the overflow of Damodar Dam, water has been flooded at many locations in Howrah district. Hariharpur and Muchipara had been knee-deep beneath water.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
