More than 90mm of rain was recorded in parts of the city in just three hours from 3pm. The weather office has forecast more heavy rain on Tuesday because the low-pressure area that triggered Monday’s downpour remains active. Off Southern Avenue Prafulla Sarkar Street During the early evening downpour, trees were uprooted at several places, including Bompass Road near Southern Avenue and Prafulla Sarkar Street. During the early evening downpour, trees were uprooted on DC Dey Road in Tangra, Bompass Road near Southern Avenue, in front of SSKM Hospital, Harish Mukherjee Road and near Deshapriya Park on Sarat Bose Road. In the Sealdah section, services were affected as the tracks on platforms 1, 1A, 4 and 4A were flooded.

Source: The Telegraph September 05, 2016 21:45 UTC