Weather forecast for Tuesday (2.4.2024)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Tuesday are likely to be around 37°C and 27°C, respectively.
Hot and uncomfortable
Sunset: 5.52pm
Sunrise: 5.30am
Ramzan timings
Iftar: 5.57pm
Sehri: 4.06am
Yesterday’s weather update (1.4.2024)
Temperature
Maximum: 37.1°C (+3)
Minimum: 27.1°C (+2)
Rainfall: Nil
Humidity
Maximum: 86%
Minimum: 34%
Kolkata Traffic Police posted a list of programmes that might affect the city traffic on Tuesday (2.4.2024)
- 8.30am: Procession from Maar Bagan on Barrackpore Trunk Road and will move through CIT quarters – Kantakal – Gopal Chatterjee Road – Satchasipara Road – 4B bus stand on Cossipore Road and will terminate at Ratan Babu Road
- 12 noon: Demonstration followed by deputation in front of 161A, SP Mukherjee Road
- 4pm: Procession from Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir, Raja Katra, will move towards Shraddhananda Park (Muchipara police station area) via Maharshi Debendra Road – Kali Krishna Tagore Street – Kalakar Street – Satyanarayan Park – Mahatma Gandhi Road – Rabindra Sarani – Ganesh Talkies – Girish Park – Vivekananda Road – Chaltabagan – Amherst Street
- 4.30pm: Procession from Sashi Bhushan Dey Street, near Bank of India, and will move through Serpentine Lane – Santosh Mitra Square – Shankharitala Lane – Suri Lane – AJC Bose Road – SN Banerjee Road and will terminate at the place of its origin
School summer break extended for elections
The school education department has extended the summer vacation in government and government-aided schools because of the Lok Sabha elections. Schools will now be on vacation from May 6 to June 2, instead of May 9 to May 20. The earlier roster was announced on December 23, before the announcement of the dates of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections in Bengal, an education department official said.
Electrocution at Sealdah station
A man was spotted on the roof of a local train that entered Sealdah station on Monday afternoon. He died of suspected electrocution from the pantograph, said a railway official. “He was lying motionless on the roof of a Krishnagar Local, which entered platform 1 around 4.15pm. A power block was taken before his body was brought down around 4.30pm,” said the official.
The man was declared dead at hospital. A case of unnatural death has been registered by the Government Railway Police. The railway police were trying to ascertain the man s identity. The pantograph draws power from the overhead wires. Railway services were not affected because of the incident, said an official.