Preparations for Rath Yatra, Metro updates and more news from Kolkata in pictures

Rath Yatra preparations underway on Gurusaday Road. This is year, Rath Yatra will be celebrated on July 7

Construction work of the D-wall of Victoria Metro station (Purple line) is going on in full swing. The diaphragm walls have been completed

International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking was observed at Alipore Body Guard Lines, Kolkata, on Wednesday. Actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Ishaa Saha and Sandipta Sen were present along with Vineet Goyal, commissioner of Kolkata Police, and Shashi Panja, minister of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare of West Bengal

Monsoon has entered south Bengal but there has been little rainfall in Kolkata in the last few days. The sky remained mostly cloudy on Wednesday with maximum temperature recorded at 35.4 ˚C

Vegetable prices have skyrocketed in Kolkata because of scanty rainfall. On Wednesday, the price of tomatoes ranged from Rs 100-150 per kg while brinjal was sold at around Rs 150. Most of the vegetables are costlier than usual. Vendors say that delay in monsoon has affected the produce

An artisan works on a Durga idol’s face in Kumartuli on Wednesday. Durga Puja is about 105 days away

As the monsoon approaches, the risk of vector diseases also increases. Mosquito repellent smoke was sprayed in a luxury hotel in the city

Turnstone Global, a non-profit organisation, has joined hands with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and undertaken ‘Project Roshni’ in Hooghly district of West Bengal. This is a project on women’s empowerment through awareness on menstrual health and hygiene and livelihood generation. The project is aimed at creating awareness among village girls and women