Rs 10 crore Rolls-Royce gets stuck in Kolkata flood waters. Rs 10 lakh Tata car drives by. Watch

Some social media users pointed out being a luxury vehicle, the Rolls-Royce isn't meant to be driven on waterlogged streets. (Image credit: @supercarsofkolkata/Instagram)

A day after Kolkata received more than 250 mm of rain -- nearly 20 percent of its annual average of 1,345.5 mm in just seven hours -- large parts of the city continue to be under water. Amid this, videos have merged of a Rolls-Royce being stranded in a waterlogged street in the southern part of the city.

In one video, a motorist riding in a Tata vehicle comments on how the luxury Rolls-Royce Ghost, worth over Rs 10 crore was stuck while his family car could easily drive through the flooded roads. In the clip, the driver says that his Rs 10 lakh Tata car fared much better that the luxury vehicle.

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The incident appears to have happened in Ballygunge area of South Kolkata.

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Some Instagram users, however, pointed out being a luxury vehicle, the Rolls-Royce isn't meant to be driven on waterlogged streets. In the comments, a section of users slammed the city's drainage system and questioned why luxury car owners are made to pay high taxes when the roads are not fit to drive them. But others highlighted that Kolkata has good drainage but it was not equipped to deal with over 250 mm of rain in just a few hours.

At least 12 people died as heavy rain lashed the city and surrounding areas ahead Durga Puja, flooding streets, disrupting transport and leaving residents stranded for hours, officials said on Wednesday.

Most of the rain fell during the early hours of Tuesday and was the heaviest witnessed in the city since 1988, said HR Biswas, the regional head of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Kolkata.

Police said nine people died in Kolkata, with most of the deaths due to electrocution. Two people drowned, they added.

The rains brought the state capital to a standstill, seriously hampering preparations for the upcoming Durga Puja. Many pandals, temporary structures built with bamboo and other material for the festival, and clay idols of the deities also suffered damage across the city.