Showers considerably dampened Mahasaptami, the first day of the four-day Durga Puja today with the weatherman saying more rain was expected due to formation of a low pressure area.
Dark clouds and rain left revellers in a state of despair, as many puja pandals remained inaccessible because of water-logging.
Holding umbrellas, men, women and children dressed in their best had to wade through ankle deep water at many places as the showers continued all through the morning.
Though no major damage to any pandal was reported in the metropolis due to rain, organisers were left apprehensive. The weatherman forecast light to moderate rains in the gangetic West Bengal in next 24 hours.
A trough of low pressure extended from sub-Himalayan West Bengal to south-west Bay of Bengal across gangetic West Bengal, north-west bay and west-central bay, the department said. -- PTI
