Kolkata, September 23 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Suvendu Adikari on Tuesday convicted the Kolkata civilian officers for “gross disability”, as after one night of heavy rains, the city and its nearby areas were submerged after drowning. At least seven people have been electrocked after coming in contact with live wires in flooded areas.
“With just one night rain, the Kolkata-Sult Lake is submerged! The city is flooded, the residents are in crisis, and the office passengers have to face extreme difficulty. In an era when the technology is so advanced that we can estimate when it will rain and how much, an individual and a undivided on Tuesday morning.
He accused the civic bodies of failing to learn a lesson from repeated waterfall episodes in the past. He said that people face the same exam every year, but no preventive steps are ever taken.
The Leader of the Opposition also launched a scary attack against the state electricity department on the deaths due to electrocution.
He said, “This failure is havoc. Why the wires have not been exposed in time? Seven innocent lives have already been lost. It is not just negligent – it is a crime, and those responsible should be held accountable,” he said.
According to the official, recurring urban floods and concerned tragedies have become the “fate” of the residents of Kolkata due to continuous mismanagement. “How long will this chaos continue?” He asked.
After heavy rains throughout the night, who crippled the city, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim appealed to the people not to get out of their homes for the day.
The mayor of the city said that the situation will take at least 12 to 14 hours to normalize, subject to rain during that period.
Due to continuous rains, electricity and internet services were disrupted in a large part of Kolkata and its suburbs. However, the services have now been restored.
Many Durga Puja pandals are under water, causing great inconvenience to the worship organizers. Floods on the roads and entered water in many houses and residential complexes in Kolkata.
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