Kolkata: A private hospital meant for children in New Town witnessed power cut following heavy rainfall on Tuesday.
According to sources, as the basement of the hospital got waterlogged, the metre room was flooded. Electricity had to be disconnected as it could have caused short-circuit, leading to an untoward incident.
Since Tuesday evening, the power had gone off at the hospital. Later, it was restored only in some portions of the hospital. To ease the problem, the hospital authority shifted a good number of patients to their Park Street branch within a short period of time. Several guardians of the patients were agitated. Later, the hospital authority restored power in the portion where patients were staying with the help of a generator.
According to sources, the authority has been asked to check whether their drainage system is working properly.
An HIDCO official said: "The pump at their basement could not work properly as the area was waterlogged due to heavy rain. It happened to other major buildings in New Town as well on Tuesday."
"Due to unnatural rain on Tuesday, the water went down to our basement. After being informed, the authority helped us. As a security measure, connection was cut off. Though it can be restored, we are not doing it before the basement area gets totally dry," said Bijay Dwibedi, a high ranked official from the hospital authority on Wednesday.