Two people were killed in West Bengal when houses were destroyed by Cyclone Rimal. Rimal started making landfall on Sunday night itself. His influence also affected the city of Calcutta. The rain increases as the night progresses. A gust of wind started blowing in the metropolis.
On the night of the disaster, a part of the house collapsed in the city of Kolkata. The incident took place in the garden area of BB No. 10. It was initially reported that one person died after a part of the house collapsed.
From Sunday evening, reports of trees falling in different parts of the city started coming in. When the storm started blowing, 48-year-old Mohammad Sajid, a resident of Bibi Bagan area of Kolkata, was going to call his son. At that time it started raining and he stood under a dangerous house. Then a part of the house collapsed on him. The person was seriously injured in the accident. He was quickly rescued and taken to Neel Ratan Government Hospital. But by then it was too late. The doctor declared the man brought dead when he was taken to the hospital.
Meanwhile, on Monday morning, heavy rain and strong wind caused a tree to fall at an old lady’s house in Namkhana’s Mousumi Island. An 80-year-old woman named Renuka Mondal died after the house collapsed.
Apart from this, a part of a banyan tree has also broken on Alipur Road due to the storm. It was windy in the city. Just then a part of the banyan tree fell on the road. Due to which the Alipore Road was practically closed. On receiving the news, Kolkata Purnigam workers reached the spot. Purnigam workers are carrying out the work of cutting trees and moving them from the road.
Metro services also disrupted due to Cyclone Rimal. Services disrupted due to water logging on metro tracks. Metro service disrupted due to waterlogging between Park Street and Esplanade. However, Metro runs from Dakshineshwar to Girish Park and from Kabi Subhash to Taliganj Mahanayak Uttar Kumar station.
The coastal area of the Sundarbans of West Bengal has been virtually destroyed by the rampage of Remal. Heavy rains, thunderstorms. Many mud houses have collapsed, shop canopies have been blown away. The administration has brought 100,000 people to relief camps till Sunday night.
According to the Meteorological Office, 144 mm of rain fell in Kolkata alone during the night. As a result, metro services in the city have been disrupted since Monday morning, and the movement of trains on the Sealdah South Branch has also been suspended. However, all train services have been started since Monday morning. Trains which were said to be canceled are no longer cancelled. Eastern Railway informed that all train services on Howrah and Sealdah branches were resumed as on other days. There was basically no shock on the train line due to this storm. So there will be no problem in restarting train services or restarting canceled trains.
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