Monsoon fury: Devastating floods in West Midnapore, Jhargram

Bhagwantpur and II gram panchayats have been hit particularly hard, with 14 villages submerged with temporary embankments being breached

- BISWABRATA GOSWAMI

Villages are submerged, rivers are raging, and entire communities are cut off—a deepening flood crisis is sweeping across West Midnapore and Jhargram districts as relentless monsoon rains continue to lash southern West Bengal. The disaster, unfolding with alarming speed, has drowned homes, snapped transport lifelines, and left thousands stranded in knee to waist-deep water.

In Chandrakona II block of West Midnapore, rivers Shilabati and Kethia have breached embankments in multiple places, swallowing vast tracts of farmland and sweeping into homes. Villages such as Ghoshkira, Shirsha, Dharampota, Chaitanyapur, Paramanandpur, Nityanandapur, and Chasibari are inundated, with families evacuated to emergency shelters.

The embankment breach at Lahirgange by the Kethia river proved catastrophic for Dharampota and surrounding areas.