New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Days ahead of Bengal's favourite festival, Durga Puja, Kolkata was submerged under water after rains wrecked havoc on the city in the intervening night between 22nd and 23rd September. Numerous videos posted on social media revealed the extent of waterlogging all around city.

At least seven people died from electrocution in the city.

Faced with a near breakdown of public life in the wake of an unprecedented overnight rains in recent memory in Kolkata and other south Bengal districts, the West Bengal government on Tuesday declared Puja holidays in state-run educational institutions two days ahead of schedule.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has laid the blame on power supplier CESC for the deaths, "Elec...