As Met warns of heavy rain during Puja, revellers hit pandal trail on Sasthi

Kolkata, Bankura, Bardhaman, Birbhum, Howrah, Hooghly, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, South 24 Parganas and Uttar Dinajpur districts of West Bengal are among the places at which rain has been forecast in next three days.

According to the weather department, in gangetic West Bengal heavy showers are likely until Tuesday over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal.

This year, the Durga puja celebations are extra special for Bengalis as UNESCO declared Kolkata’s Durga Puja as an “intangible heritage festival” last year. However, as Kolkata is prone to waterlogging in the rainy season, people participating in the processions are advised to exercise caution.

A forecast of rain from Sunday also made people tweak their celebration plans over the five days with revellers trying to make the most of the sunny, though humid Saturday. They braved a spell of heavy rain in the evening to go on a pandal trail across the city.

The remnant cyclonic circulation from Typhoon Noru reaching the Bay of Bengal in the next 24-48 hours. A cyclonic circulation over the west-central Bay of Bengal off Andhra Pradesh coast in lower tropospheric levels. Another cyclonic circulation is likely to emerge in the northeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal around October 1.

— WITH PTI INPUTS