Picks of the Day

In pics: Rising temperature, vector control & more news from Kolkata

A quick look at the day that was for Kolkata

By My Kolkata Web Desk | Published 26.04.23, 07:50 PM

A man carries home a table fan on Wednesday to beat the heat as the mercury soared in Kolkata after Monday’s smart shower. The city experienced a partly cloudy sky in the afternoon but that hardly provided a respite. The maximum temperature was recorded at 35.3 ˚C

Soumyajit Dey/My Kolkata

An aged woman takes a break from the sultry weather conditions in Salt Lake on Wednesday

Amit Datta/My Kolkata

Taking into account the soaring temperature, the Alipore Zoological Garden authorities provided a fan to keep a snake comfortable in its enclosure on Wednesday

Ashim Paul/My Kolkata

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) workers went around the city and sprinkled anti-larvae solution to control mosquito breeding

KMC/Twitter

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