Localized rain leaves parts of Salt Lake, East Kolkata flooded

KOLKATA: Parts of Salt Lake and Sector V area were waterlogged for a few hours on Thursday after a spell of heavy localized showers in east Kolkata. Several stretches of Sector V, including the main thoroughfares leading from SDF building towards Salt Lake Bypass and the stretch beside RDB Boulevard, were inundated.
Officials of Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA) said that all four pumping stations of Sector V had to be operated to drain out the storm water.The water receded within a few hours.

In Kolkata, lopsided rainfall led to waterlogging in some low-lying pockets in the east. Large stretches of south remained dry as no significant rainfall was recorded anywhere. Going by rainfall pattern, stretches of Ultadanga, Kankurgachi, Beliaghata received a spell of heavy rain leading to waterlogging. However, except Jinjirabazar in the south-western fringe, south Kolkata was spared of rains on Thursday.
In Salt Lake, some localities located close to the eastern drainage channel in Sector II and III areas were inundated for a couple of hours following the heavy rain. The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation authorities operated all the pumps to flush out water. Not much waterlogging was reported from the adjacent New Town area.