New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rain in parts of West Bengal starting Thursday, October 2, coinciding with Bijoya Dashami, due to a developing low-pressure area. The system is expected to form over the central Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, October 1, and could intensify into a depression over the west-central and northwest Bay of Bengal by Thursday, before crossing the south Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast on Friday morning.

Under its influence, Howrah, South 24 Parganas, Purba and Paschim Medinipur are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall, ranging from 7 to 20 cm, on Thursday. Kolkata, along with North 24 Parganas, Hooghly, Jhargram, Bankura, and Purba Bardhaman, may see heavy rain...