KOLKATA: Districts in northern West Bengal, which are reeling under incessant rains coupled with landslides in the hill areas of the region, will continue to receive heavy rainfall for the next few days, weather officials said on Monday.
The Met Office said that the North Bengal districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, and Jalpaiguri are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall till Saturday. An orange alert has been issued in these five districts.
A Met department official said that in addition, there was a possibility of heavy rainfall in other north Bengal districts like North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, and Malda till Wednesday. “Heavy rains will continue in the five districts of north Bengal from Tuesday to Saturday. This will result in overflowing of several rivers and increase the possibility of further landslides in the north Bengal hills,” he added.
Due to continuous rainfall for the last few days, landslides have been reported in several places in the hills of this region since Sunday morning. The most affected was the West Bengal-Sikkim lifeline of National Highway-10.
Landslides occurred in several places, including Mamkhola, Rishikhola, and Tarkhola. Immediately after the landslides, a huge crack appeared on the road in Rishikhola. Several other roads were damaged. As a result, vehicular traffic movement between West Bengal and Sikkim was halted temporarily. (IANS)
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