Sev­er­al hours of rain caused flash flood­ing in Bar­rack­pore, dis­rupt­ing a pipelay­ing project in Gol­con­da.

In Low­er Bar­rack­pore, the rain be­gan at mid­day and con­tin­ued in­to the af­ter­noon.

Ne­sha Mo­hammed-Toolsie, who had trav­elled to Bar­rack­pore to pack ham­pers for stu­dents, said they were trapped by the floods and could not leave the school un­til the wa­ter sub­sided.

“The rain start­ed around 1 pm and last­ed un­til 3 pm. We had con­stant rain, and with­in a short space of time, there was im­me­di­ate flood­ing be­cause of col­lapsed cul­verts,” Mo­hammed-Toolsie said.

She added, “The drains are not ac­com­mo­dat­ing the wa­ter flow. They need to con­tin­ue main­tain­ing the drains, es­pe­cial­ly the ones near the school.”

At Ridge­wood Gar­dens Phase One in Gol­con­da,  con­struc­tion work­ers lay­ing an eight-inch pipeline to con­nect to a near­by sew­er treat­ment plant faced set­backs when heavy down­pours be­gan wash­ing away sand near the con­struc­tion site. A back­hoe was used to cov­er an open trench while work­ers spread grav­el in the pour­ing rain.

At Der­rick Road, Debe, res­i­dents wad­ed through flood­wa­ters to reach their homes. At Lal­be­har­ry Trace, Debe, Nathaniel Mun­gal suf­fered dam­ages when floods en­tered his home.

Scores of peo­ple re­mained strand­ed at dusk and trac­tors were used to take peo­ple home.

—Rad­hi­ca De Sil­va