Weather forecast for Wednesday (9.10.2024)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday are likely to be around 31°C and 26°C, respectively.
Partly cloudy sky
Sunset: 5.17pm
Sunrise: 5.32am
Yesterday’s weather update (8.10.2024)
Temperature
Maximum: 32°C (-0.6)
Minimum: 27.3°C (+2)
Rainfall: 19.4mm
Humidity
Maximum: 94%
Minimum: 73%
Till 11.30am, Kolkata Traffic Police did not post any list of programmes that may affect the city traffic on Wednesday (9.10.2024). However, KTP released its Durga Puja Guide Map 2024.
KTP also posted a notification regarding Durga Puja and Lakshmi Puja immersions.
Durga Puja ready reckoner
EYE ON SKY
Light rain with the occasional thundershower is likely in Kolkata on Durga Puja, the Met office has said. The sky is tipped to switch colours frequently, gloomy now and bright and sunny next. When it does not rain, brace for high humidity. A Met bulletin has predicted that "partly cloudy sky with light to moderate rain/thundershower" is likely in some areas on Sashthi and Saptami (October 9 and 10). "Partly cloudy sky with light rain" is likely to occur in some areas on Navami (October 11). The forecast for Dashami (October 12) is "partly cloudy sky with very light rain in some areas". A Met official said the showers are unlikely to be heavy. "The rain may not be uniform. One place in the city might get drenched and another might remain dry at the same time," he said
ROADS
Several road restrictions and no-parking zones have been introduced for the Durga Puja days, whose details are available on the Kolkata traffic police website
POLICE DEPLOYMENT
Besides the usual deployment, there will be 200 pickets near major pandals with close to 500 police personnel in each. Around 5,000 home guards will be deployed and police will keep a watch from 54 watch towers. A special team will scan social media posts for leads on possible protests outside pandals. There will be 16 Heavy Radio Flying Squads and 13 Radio Flying Squads. Each of the 10 divisions will have mobile missing squads to trace anyone missing in the crowd.
HELPLINES
- Emergency helpline
- Lalbazar control room: 22143230
- Traffic police helpline: 9830010000
- Children's helpline: 1098
- Missing persons' squad: 22505153, 22141430
- Fire: 101
- Fire brigade control room: 22861570, 22521165
- Ambulance: 102
- CESC: 9831079666, 9831083700 and 1912
- WBSEDCL: 9831079666 and 9831083700
GOODS VEHICLES
All goods vehicles, except those associated with emergency services, shall be prohibited in the city on the following days: 8am on October 9 (Sashthi) to 3am on October 10 (Saptami); 8am on October 10 to 4am on October 11 (Ashtami-Navami); 7am on October 11 to 4am on October 12 (Dashami)
TRANSPORT
Government buses will run in greater numbers. Private bus operators said their fleet will also be out on the roads and operate till late at night to cater to the demands of pandal-hoppers. Autos will have restricted movement till 2pm on Sashthi, after which three-wheelers will be off the roads. Metered taxis and appcabs, including those that have joined the government initiative, Yatri Sathi, will be available round-the-clock. But brace for a steep surge in fares.