India, Sept. 23 -- Several Durga puja pandals suffered damages as large parts of Kolkata remained submerged under rain water after heavy rains battered the city in the early hours of Tuesday.

Life in the city was paralysed even as several arterial roads and many areas remained submerged under knee-deep to waist-deep water.

While the Kolkata Metro had to suspend services for a few hours, the ground floor of some government and private hospitals remained submerged under ankle deep water. The railways had to cancel and reschedule some trains.

"I had to take my mother to a hospital on EM Bypass to consult a doctor. The appointment was taken a month ago. But when I saw news on TV that some people were killed due to electrocution on waterlog...