Jodhpur Park emerges as wettest zone, experts try to figure out why

Time of India

09-07-2025

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Kolkata: Though storm water started receding from most parts of south Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon, neighbourhoods in and around Jodhpur Park and areas along the Anwar Shah connector remained waterlogged until late evening.
The KMC-run Jodhpur Park drainage pumping station on Tuesday recorded the highest ever rainfall in its history — 280 mm by 2 pm.
The unprecedented rainfall in areas under the drainage pumping station, including Jodhpur Park, Dhakuria, Lake Gardens, Keyatala, Garfa, and large stretches off the Anwar Shah connector (from Jadavpur police station to Avisikta crossing), went under water since Monday evening as torrential rains lashed these areas.
The problem was compounded by spells of heavy rains since early Tuesday morning.
A baffled KMC administration took several measures to flush out storm water from Jodhpur Park and its adjacent neighbourhoods. However, water receded at a very slow pace as BB canal and the intercepting canal that carried storm water from the Jodhpur Park drainage pumping station were overflowing and failed to carry extra water. As the KMC drainage department bosses received frantic calls from Jodhpur Park, Lake Gardens, and Dhakuria neighbourhoods, the department, out of desperation, sent several jetting-cum-suction machines to these areas.
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But the situation didn't improve until late evening. "Though storm water receded from several parts of Dhakuria, Jodhpur Park, and Lake Gardens in the evening, some pockets of Jodhpur Park market and large stretches of the Anwar Shah connector remained waterlogged until late evening," conceded a KMC drainage department official.
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A former state bureaucrat who stays in Jodhpur Park sent an SOS to the civic headquarters to flush out stormwater from near his house.
"We sent five jetting-cum-suction machines to Jodhpur Park to clear the clogged sewer lines. Though they worked efficiently, the waterlogging scenario took time to change as the outfall canals that carry storm water failed to function," said a KMC official.
Reacting to the intensity of rain in Jodhpur Park and its adjacent neighbourhoods, Alipore Met officials said that while the intensity of rain can differ from one locality to another, a massive difference between the localities was unlikely.
"The intensity of rain can differ from one locality to another even within the city during spells of incessant rain. But a huge gap sounds aberrant," said Met scientist HR Biswas.
Sources confirmed that while a difference of around 10 to 20 mm could happen, especially during incessant rain, between pockets in Kolkata due to localized weather phenomena, a massive difference is very unusual. "Sometimes calibration issues in equipment could also affect the rain count record," said a Met official. According to Met parlance, over 200 mm recorded at Jodhpur Park by the KMC's drainage pumping station comes under the extremely heavy rain category, which can cause massive flooding.