South Bengal districts likely to witness heavy rain from Monday

Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur in South Bengal from Monday owing to possible formation of a low pressure area in Bay of Bengal, causing water levels in rivers to rise and inundating low-lying areas, Met department said here on Sunday.

wearman said that an active monsoon in Gangetic West Bengal, coupled with low pressure, is likely to cause widespread rain in region.

sourn districts of state have been experiencing moderate to heavy rain over past week owing to an earlier low pressure area in rthwest Bay of Bengal that has w moved away from West Bengal, providing a respite from continuous rain for a couple of days.

Several places in East Midnapore district were inundated owing to heavy rain and overflowing rivers, a district administration official said.

Low lying areas in Panskura, Khejuri, Mandarmoni, Patashpur and Tamluk have been inundated causing hardship to people and also loss of crops as agricultural fields were submerged in several places, official said.

Moderate to heavy rain has been occurring in most parts of coastal district since morning of Sunday, intensity of which is likely to increase from Monday, wearman said.

Met department, in its forecast, said that districts of South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Purulia and Bankura are likely to receive heavy rainfall, intensity of which will increase from Tuesday.

One or two places in Kolkata, along with Howrah and Hooghly districts, are also likely to experience heavy rain on Tuesday, it said.

Embankments of some rivers in coastal areas of South 24 Parganas district have got damd in heavy rain and high tidal waves owing to new moon in past week, leading to inundation of agricultural fields.

Breaches in embankments in riverine region have also damd many mud houses, sources said.