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Updated: May 21, 2020 4:52:32 pm
In the elegant Urban Complex, in the southern part of the city, the experience was something different. (Express photo)
Narendra Singh considers himself a lucky man. After waiting close to two months in Calcutta, the 35-year-old, migrant from Bihar, had finally run out of patience. He had decided to start the long walk back to the house. “I have a bread shack in Bangur Avenue (east of Calcutta). I ran out of stock a month ago. I don’t have a pass to go to wholesalers for more stock. I want to go home because my family is there, we have a land of there. At least we’re not going to go hungry,” says Narendra, who sought refuge on the ground floor of a house in the area. However, on Monday, Narendra decided to change his plans, “I decided to stay back because of the cyclone. It was, probably, the wisest decision of my life.”
On the night of Wednesday, The cyclone Amphan landfall in the eastern part of India and Bangladesh. As the wind and rain swept the city around him, Narendra spent the night trying to ward off the increased levels of water in your shelter, armed with a bucket and a cup, “it was horrible. But at least we had a roof over our head,” says Narendra, who is sharing his shelter with his cousin Chottu Singh, 18 years of age. “We lost most of our actions. But, fortunately, it was worth only a few hundred rupees,” says Chottu.
Meanwhile, in the North of Calcutta, Rajendra Mullick lane, hundreds were not as fortunate as Narendra. “As this area is more or less a neighborhood, a lot of these homes are potentially hazardous. The residents of the area sought refuge in the CIT of the School Corporation. A large number of trees that have fallen in the houses here. Behind my house, a wall has collapsed”, says Samata Biswas, a resident of Rajendra Mullick Lane.
The destruction caused by the Cyclone Amphan in East Midnapore, West Bengal, on Wednesday. (Express photo by Shantanu Chowdhury)
As chief minister Mamata Banerjee said at a press conference late on Wednesday night, the most affected were the districts, with many of them lost their lives because of the trees felled by the cyclone.
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Despite of Kolkata to the entire affected population, it is the eastern outskirts of the city, where the impact was apparently felt more. Teghoria area of North 24 Parganas district woke up to submerged streets on Thursday. “We have not had electricity for the last day. All the lines have been broken. Mobile networks are also very uneven. It’s like that have been isolated from the civilization. While the cyclone was roaring, every few minutes we could hear the sounds of things breaking, but there was no way to inspect or even reach out to help,” says Swastik Pal, a resident of the area.
In the elegant Urban Complex, in the southern part of the city, the experience was something different. “It was petrifying. I live on the 40th floor of an Urban tower, my apartment was oscillating for a while. Leaving that aside, dozens of windows in the complex have been ripped from their hinges, broken glass and the force of the wind pushes the water through even the closed windows and flooded many of the apartments, including mine. The combined effect of the wind, the rain and the oscillation shook all the world’s evil. The complex is completely destroyed, many still without electricity. The damage to the interior, especially those whose windows they flew, is very broad,” says Anthony Khatchaturian, a resident of Urban Complex.
The cyclone, which moved through the districts of North and South 24 Parganas, left a trail of destruction in its wake, including a death toll of at least 10 in West Bengal.
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