Ahead of West Bengal’s biggest festival – Durga Puja, Kolkata is struggling to return to normalcy on Wednesday (September 24) as many areas are still waterlogged, a day after torrential rain left 11 people dead and threw life out of gear in the metropolis.

With peak Durga Puja shopping time, traders are suffering a big blow due to the rain.

Also read: Mamata Banerjee on Kolkata rains: 'Never seen such rainfall'

The Met department has ruled out heavy rain in the city during the next 24 hours, though it forecast mostly cloudy skies with light to moderate showers accompanied by thunder and gusty winds at some places.

Water pumped out

Water was pumped out of low-lying areas of Kolkata and adjoining areas through the night, but residents of Bidhannagar continued to reel under flooding, w

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