Parts of West Bengal receive rains as monsoon sets in

With the onset of monsoon all over West Bengal, different parts of the state received a little to heavy rains, the MeT department said today.
The sub-Himalayan region received heavy rains since yesterday morning with Jalpaiguri recording the highest precipitation at 65.9 mm, followed by Darjeeling which received 63 mm rains, the regional MeT department said today.
While monsoon has officially entered Gangetic West Bengal, it is yet to be active in most parts of the region. Asansol and Burdwan, which fall in this region, received 8 mm and 5.3 mm rains respectively, the MeT department said.
Kolkata, which recorded the highest maximum temperature of 34.2 degrees Celsius, received 6.4 mm rains since yesterday morning, it said.

The weatherman has forecast moderate rains in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers in the Gangetic region of the state.