After week-long Durga Puja festivities, Kolkata again hit by heavy rain
The Hindu
Kolkatans looking forward to resuming normal life on Monday after a week marked by Durga Puja festivities found their city once again battered by a downpour, with many now saying that rains were overs
Kolkatans looking forward to resuming normal life on Monday after a week marked by Durga Puja festivities found their city once again battered by a downpour, with many now saying that rains were overstaying their welcome.
“They are not just unwelcome guests now, but annoying and stubborn ones who simply refuse to leave. Work has resumed today but the rains are a serious bummer. The mood is gloomy and the brooding skies are not helping one in crawling back to work life. As if the pandemic is not the only thing that changed us, the weather too is playing second fiddle,” said Mumbai-based advertising professional Sreelekha Maitra, who has been spending more time working out of hometown Kolkata ever since the COVID-19 broke out.
The Meteorological department has attributed the current rainfall to a low pressure area that has formed over West Bengal and northern Odisha. “Strong southeasterly winds from the Bay of Bengal are likely to prevail over Gangetic West Bengal from October 18 to 20. Enhanced rainfall activity is very likely to continue over the districts of West Bengal [during this period],” a special bulletin issued by the department said.
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