Operations at Kolkata airport suspended for 12 hours due to cyclone ‘Bulbul’

New Delhi: Operations at the Kolkata airport, the busiest in eastern India, will be suspended for 12 hours beginning 6 PM on Saturday due to severe cyclone ‘Bulbul’, Home Ministry officials said.

The severe cyclone is expected to make a landfall on the West Bengal coast this evening.

“Due to very severe cyclone ‘Bulbul’, operations at Kolkata airport is being suspend from 1800 hours on November 9 up to 0600 hours on November 10,” a home ministry official said.