kolkata a sewerage stretched to its limits clogged drains and lack of portable pumps resulted in prolonged waterlogging in areas like hastingswatgunge tangra and pockets of behala on tuesdaywith rainwater not receding even till tuesday night many had to take refuge on the first floor while some waded through filthy water to complete their chores most skipped work and stayed indoorstimesviewour drainage system may not be able to handle an incessant downpour but it is also a fact that the civic preparedness we have seen over the last few years and which have yielded really good results has been somewhat lacking this year the kmc must improve in areas where it has been found wanting in the initial days of monsoon 2018ramayan saha a resident of satya doctor road did not go to his shop on circular garden reach road because the road in front of his house has been under waistdeep water since monday night i could have waded through the water and gone to work but returning home at night will be a big problem the road is dark at night and trucks take this route to the city one can be hit by a lorry or even get electrocuted he saidsumit mukherjee a retired schoolteacher has been under a virtual house arrest since monday night since the entire ground floor is flooded he has shifted to the first floor with his wife forget about stepping outside we cannot even come down to the ground floor said mukherjeethe compound of south port police station was waterlogged but officers said work was not affected as there were sufficient vehiclesin tangra almost half of china town and a long stretch of the park circus connector remained under water till tuesday evening the drains are clogged and filthy water from the tanneries is mixing with the stormwater and flooding the streets the stagnant water can cause several diseases said soni dharwani a resident of matheswartala roadin both these areas the civic body has undertaken projects to overhaul the sewer system but the pain of the residents may not go away before next year at leasttarak singh the mayorincouncil member overseeing the kmc drainage department pleaded helplessness in draining out stormwater from kidderporewatgunge and from china town and park circus connector we have undertaken a drainage modernization plan for kidderpore the work is going on in full swing but the residents wont get the results this monsoon similarly the kmda clearing clogged brick sewer lines near park circus connector singh saidin behala there are still places without any underground sewerage system on tuesday silpara parnasree and becharam chatterjee road remained under water till the evening the situation was so severe that even the auto services were suspended in many areasi left home at 930am for my office but there was not a single auto the buses were also very few said aritrik chatterjee a resident of parnasree singh had no solution for behlaa till the adbfunded kolkata environment improvement project keip is