Overview

• Municipal crews used emergency pumps to clear floodwaters from major arteries including Salt Lake, New Town and central Kolkata within hours of the downpour.
• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport maintained runway operations despite surrounding water accumulation, with minor flight delays tied to stranded crews and passengers on waterlogged access roads.
• Portions of two buildings collapsed—in Girish Park and on BB Ganguly Street—but no injuries were reported and debris was cleared promptly by civic authorities.
• The India Meteorological Department predicts sustained heavy rain through Monday, leaving low-lying wards at continued risk of inundation and prompting ongoing flood monitoring.
• Kolkata Municipal Corporation has kept control rooms active and conducted round-the-clock gully-pit cleaning to preempt fresh urban flooding.