
Pre-monsoon showers cause widespread damage in Goa
Panaji:
The prevailing cyclonic conditions continued to tear up the state, uprooting large trees, destroying electrical infrastructure, and damaging roads and homes across the state.
In the state capital, a portion of a road caved in at the La Campala Colony, here, due to the heavy rain and ongoing construction for a high-rise. At St Inez, a newly paved footpath gave way as the soil underneath settled due to the heavy showers.
The directorate of fire and emergency services recorded 50 emergency incidents, with the losses estimated at Rs 4.6 lakh.
The emergency services personnel also said that it managed to save assets worth Rs 10 lakh.
Two coconut trees and a branch of a banyan tree came crashing down on a house at Cavelossim, causing a loss of Rs 2.5 lakh to the owners of the house. The continuous downpour and strong winds brought down 60 trees across the state in a 12-hour period.
At Succoro, a huge tree came crashing down on several parked cars. 'A tree fell on five cars because of the rain. Four cars suffered minor damages, but the fifth one's windshield was damaged,' said Ramakant Tamoskar.
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At Pernem, continuous showers caused waterlogging, with farmers saying that their crops were damaged. Fields at Casarvane, Chandel and Dhargal were damaged, and several places witnessed waterlogging. Roads in Pernem taluka were covered with silt, which was brought down from the hills, clogging drains and depositing debris on the roads.
The North Goa District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) held a review of tree trimming and cutting of dangerous trees identified in each taluka.
North Goa collector Yashaswini B emphasised that trimming and cutting of dangerous trees must be taken up on a war footing. Special emphasis was placed on monsoon preparedness, flood mitigation, cyclone response planning, and early warning dissemination.
At Volvoi's Fondchebhat, Pratiksha Naik was injured when roof tiles fell on her head after a tree near her house fell. The house also suffered structural damage. 'We were going to sleep when we heard a loud crash. My wife and I rushed out of the house, and we saw the tree branch falling on us. It hit my wife on her head, and I got hit on my legs,' said Pramod Naik. The couple suffered a loss of approximately Rs 40,000-50,000.
At Arpora, a plastic overhead water tank was blown away by the strong wind onto the adjacent house, destroying the roof.
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