Gangetic West Bengal receives heavy rains

A low pressure in northwest Bay of Bengal led to heavy rains in Gangetic West Bengal today with the weatherman forecasting downpour till Wednesday in the southern parts of the state.
"Heavy rains is likely to occur at isolated places and moderate rains at most places in the districts of south Bengal, including Kolkata, in the next two days owing to a low pressure in northwest Bay of Bengal and south Bangladesh," regional MeT director G K Das said here.
The intensity of the rain is likely to abate in Kolkata from tomorrow evening depending on the movement of the low pressure system.

Heavy precipitation started in the metropolis since this afternoon, throwing rush-hour traffic out of gear owing to waterlogging in many areas. Kolkata received 69.9 mm rains yesterday, the Met department said.