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Aquem Power House compound wall collapses, vehicles damaged

MARGAO
A couple of vehicles were damaged after the compound wall of the Electricity Department at the Power House, Aquem collapsed early Saturday morning.

A four-wheeler and a couple of two-wheelers, which were parked on the other side of the wall, were damaged in the incident. 

The Electricity department also faced a huge loss as the wall admeasuring around 20 metres gave in.

Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, Chief Electrical Engineer Keni, Executive Engineer Alvito Fernandes, besides Margao Municipal ward councillor, Damu Shirodkar visited the site on Saturday morning.

A JCB was deployed to clear the debris from the place.

The loss on account of the incident has been pegged around Rs 2 lakh.

Executive Engineer, Alvito informed that the department engineer will prepare the estimates for the repairs and reconstruction of the portion of the damaged wall.

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House damaged at Harvale

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Jun 13, 2021, 12:51 AM IST
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House damaged at Harvale

BICHOLIMA house was damaged after a tree uprooted and came crashing down due to heavy rains at Dabelwada-Harvale in Bicholim.Acting on directions of Bicholim Mamlatdar Pravinjay Pandit, the talathi of Harvale visited the site and inspected the damaged house of Sheetal Devidas.The Talathi has submitted a preliminary report estimating the damage to be about Rs 20,000, for grant of necessary financial relief to the affected person.

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