Weather forecast for Wednesday (23.8.2023)
The maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday are likely to be around 32°C and 28°C, respectively.
Thundershower
Sunset: 6.02pm
Sunrise: 5.16am
Yesterday’s weather update (22.8.2023)
Temperature
Maximum: 32.2°C (+0.2)
Minimum: 28.6°C (+2.2)
Rainfall: Trace
Humidity
Maximum: 92%
Minimum: 73%
Kolkata Traffic Police posted a list of programmes that might affect the city traffic on Wednesday (23.8.2023)
- 12 noon: Exhibition on JBS Haldane Avenue
- 12 noon: Procession along Rani Rashmoni Avenue, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, SN Banerjee Road, Jawaharlal Nehru Road
- 1pm: Procession along AJC Bose Road, Creek Row, Hind Cinema, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Chittaranjan Avenue, KC Das crossing
- 3pm: Procession along Bentinck Street, Chittaranjan Avenue
- 4pm: Procession along Raja Subodh Chandra Mullick Road, Gariahat Road (South), Golpark
Kankulia level crossing
A level crossing on Kankulia Road, near Ballygunge station, will be shut for pedestrians and motorists from 10pm to 6am every day for repairs till August 25 morning, said a railway official.
Blockade halts train to Dhaka
The Dhaka-bound Maitree Express remained stranded for over three hours at Nadia s Kalyani station on Tuesday morning after daily passengers blocked the tracks at Madanpur, the next station.
Angry passengers staged a demonstration on the tracks demanding the withdrawal of MEMU coaches with narrow doors be withdrawn during the morning rush hours, converting all nine-coach EMU rakes into 12-coach ones and halting all galloping trains at Madanpur station.