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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (September 23, 2025) expressed condolences for those who tragically mislaid their lives due to the torrential rains successful Kolkata and adjoining areas. She emphasised the request for urgent enactment for the affected families, including employment assurances for the adjacent of kin.
Ms. Banerjee said that 5 persons person died owed to electrocution interaction with unrecorded wires successful the waterlogged streets of the city. Some reports suggested that the toll could beryllium higher astatine seven.
Rains updates connected September 23, 2025
Ms. Banerjee portion speaking to Bengali tv quality transmission @News18Bengali, expressed “deep interest implicit the cloudburst and its devastating interaction connected Kolkata”. “She besides raised superior concerns implicit the relation of CESC, underscoring their work to guarantee uninterrupted and harmless energy supply, and called for contiguous tract enactment to forestall further harm to residents,” the Trinamool Congress posted connected societal media.
Speaking to different Bengali quality transmission ABP Ananda, Ms. Banerjee said that she reached retired to Sanjiv Goenka, president of Calcutta Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Ltd and asked him to personally look into the contented of electrocution deaths. “Those who person died their kin volition beryllium provided jobs and compensation either by CESC oregon WB govt. This is precise bittersweet that truthful galore radical mislaid their lives earlier the Durga Pujas,” she told the channel.
The Chief Minister besides schools person been instructed to stay closed and office-goers advised not to study to work, prioritising nationalist information implicit regular activities. She urged schools to prepone Durga Puja holidays.
Reacting to the deaths and plight of the people, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari noted “Death procession successful the waterlogged city!!! Corpses are floating successful the water; seeing this country aboriginal successful the greeting dampens the mood”.
“But who is liable for this plight? With conscionable 1 night’s rain, Kolkata-Salt Lake is submerged! The metropolis is flooded, residents are successful distress, and bureau commuters look utmost hardship,” helium asked seeking accountability for the deaths and distress. Mr. Adhikari raised questions connected the relation of Mayors of Kolkata and Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation.
“In an epoch erstwhile exertion is truthful precocious that we tin foretell erstwhile it volition rainfall and however much, the inefficiency and indifference of the mayors of Kolkata and Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation unit the city’s residents to carnivore the consequences,” the BJP person posted connected societal media.
The metropolis received astir 247.5 mm rainfall successful the past 24 hours starring to waterlogging successful respective neighbourhoods. Suburban railway and metro services were disrupted arsenic beingness came to a standstill successful the city.
There were reports of deaths owed to electrocution successful city’s Netaji Nagar Road, Kalikapur, Gariahat area, Abhishikta crossing, Behala, and Beniapukur areas among others. There were reports of astir 7 deaths crossed the city
