India, Sept. 2 -- Heavy rain lashed Kolkata and several other parts of West Bengal on Wednesday, disrupting normal life and inundating low-lying areas, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast more rainfall over the next two days.

The IMD said the intensity of rain over south Bengal is likely to decrease from Thursday as a low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal moves towards northeastern Madhya Pradesh.

Several districts received heavy rainfall, with low-lying areas of cities and towns witnessing waterlogging. In Kolkata, several roads and localities were inundated following the downpour.

The Alipore observatory recorded 127 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours till 8.30 am on Wednesday, according to the IMD.

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