Heavy Rain Flooded Vast Areas of Sundarban

A cyclonic circulation and a related low-pressure caused very heavy rainfall all over West Bengal on 28^th and 29^th July 2021. An entire state got submerged under the floodwater.

The massive flooding triggered by the depression impacted the Sundarbans islands that are still reeling from the devastation caused by Cyclone Yaas. Large swathes of agricultural lands, fisheries, vegetations, houses, betel leaf plantations, roads are under waist-deep water. Rivers, canals, ponds, lakes have all merged with each other and appearing like a large river.

The floodwater has seeped into the houses. Villagers with their children and cattle are somehow spending their days together in that flooded house in utter starvation. They are worried about their uncertain future.

A block-wise devastation summary is mentioned here:

Block	GPs	Ponds	Agricultural Land (Bigha)	Betel Leaf Plantation	Houses	Affected Families (Approx)
Kakdwip	11	12700	450	875	975	80000
Namkhana	7	11500	350	600	750
Sagar	9	1200	700	800	750
Jaynagar	4	–	225	–	50	125
Basanti	15	90000	180000	–	3600	87750
Canning	10	60000	120000	–	2400
Gosaba	14	84000	168000	–	3360
Mathurapur II	11	5500 (Ponds + Fishery)	9225	–	3200	38875
Patharpratima	15		3750	–	2100
Kultali	9		7320	–	2875
10 Blocks	105	2,64,900	49,0020	2,275	20,060	2,06,750

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