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(Express photo by Subham Dutta)With warnings of heavy rain owing to cyclone Titli casting a shadow on Durga Puja festivities that begin next week, pandal decorators are working overtime to complete orders. Argho Chatterjee, organiser of a community puja in Joramandir, said, “The moment we heard about the cyclone, we wanted to complete pandal work fast so the idol could be placed one or two days prior to schedule. A depression over Bay of Bengal is likely to grow into a cyclonic storm, named Titli, during the next 48 hours and trigger heavy rainfall. Subir Das, organiser of the Bhowanipore 75 Palli puja, said, “Today, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated our pandal. Last time, lots of people had braved the rain to come to our pandal..