Low lying areas and some thoroughfares of the city were inundated due to the torrential rainfall since Wednesday evening, owing to a well marked low pressure belt over Bangladesh and West Bengal. Kolkata recorded 76mm rainfall during the period while adjoining Saltlake received 50 mm leading to waterlogging at several places and disruption of rail and road transport services which has also forced Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Ltd to disconnect the power supply to several parts of the city to prevent any untoward incident,though an elderly man got electrocuted to death in Kolkata’s Jorabagan area while three were injured in Alipore on collapsing of a three-storied empty residential building.
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