Kolkata under water: Streets flooded after incessant rains, road and rail traffic disrupted

Flood situation in south Bengal turned grim with 1.19 lakh people taking shelter in relief camps in 12 districts of the state even as weatherman forecast more heavy rains in the next two days. Kolkata was inundated with the incessant rail fall. Here are images.

Floods across South of Bengal did not spare Kolkata. In the photo we see the waterlogged runway at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport. PTI

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Railway tracks at the Sealdah Station station were water logged after heavy rains. Road and rail traffic in the city was out of gear on Saturday because of the rains. PTI

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These Kolkata students seem to be least bothered about the knee-deep dirty water they are wading through, and stop to take a selfie. PTI

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A hand rikshaw puller wades through a water logged street in Kolkata. PTI

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The rains may have stopped traffic, but was business as usual for this Kolkata fruit seller. PTI

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Students wade through water on a flooded Kolkata street. PTI

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A flower seller uses his umbrella to shield himself from the continuous rains that hit Kolkata on Saturday. PTI

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Kolkata under water: Streets flooded after incessant rains, road and rail traffic disrupted

Flood situation in south Bengal turned grim with 1.19 lakh people taking shelter in relief camps in 12 districts of the state even as weatherman forecast more heavy rains in the next two days. Kolkata was inundated with the incessant rail fall. Here are images.

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