This story is from July 14, 2020

Sunday downpour claims one, floods parts of Kolkata

A 43-year-old man was found reportedly electrocuted around 11.30pm on Sunday when he was returning home from a hosiery factory in waterlogged stretch amid pouring rain. The incident was reported from the Saheb Bagan area in front of 18, East Canal Road under Maniktala police station.
Sunday downpour claims one, floods parts of Kolkata
Roads in north Kolkata went under water after Sunday’s downpour
KOLKATA: A 43-year-old man was found reportedly electrocuted around 11.30pm on Sunday when he was returning home from a hosiery factory in waterlogged stretch amid pouring rain. The incident was reported from the Saheb Bagan area in front of 18, East Canal Road under Maniktala police station.
The victim — Shyamal Dey of Harish Neogi Road and the only earning member of the family — was declared dead at the RG Kar Medical College, said a police source.

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Dey was electrocuted as he came in contact with a wheel barrow that was in contact with a live wire of an electric post that was submerged in storm water.
Vast stretches of Maniktala and its neighbouring areas were inundated on Sunday night, following heavy rains that lashed several parts of north and south Kolkata.
Compared to south, north was more affected as large parts of Maniktala, Ultadanga, Chittaranjan Avenue, Amherst Street, Beliaghata, Muktarambabu Street, Thanthania, went under knee-deep water because of the heavy downpour.
According to KMC sewerage and drainage department sources,
drainage pumping stations like Palmerbridge (Beliaghata) and Thanthania recorded more than 100mm rainfall between 10pm (Sunday) to 6am (Monday). Drainage pumping stations Dhapa Lock and Maniktala recorded 92mm and 84mm rainfall during the same time. Storm water receded from major of north Kolkata areas from Monday afternoon except from stretches like Muktarambabu Street and few pockets of Beliaghata and Maniktala-Ultadanga belt.
In south Kolkata, areas like Ballygunge, Jodhpur Park, Kalighat and Mominpore were waterlogged as these areas recorded over 60mm rainfall. A KMC drainage department official said civic officials at all major drainage pumping stations were put on high alert. “We had sent a high alert to officials of all major drainage pumping stations to keep heavy-duty pumps ready to flush out storm water,” said a civic official.
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