Bicholim market area flooded after rains.
BICHOLIM
Incessant rain in Bicholim taluka has resulted in flooding and around 25 people from Karapur, Nanoda, Piligao trapped due to flood water were rescued by Bicholim fire personnel and were shifted to safer places. All rivers including nullahs were overflowing resulting in panic situation. Water entered in Bicholim market area and many shops have suffered damage.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant directed the disaster management team to immediately reach out to people through the emergency system. He also assured all help to those suffering losses due to the flooding.
North Goa Collector Sneha Gitte visited flood affected areas and reviewed the situation. Deputy collector Rohan Kaskar, Mamlatdar Pravin Gawas, WRD Officer KP Naik and Fire officer Rahul Desai were present during the visit.
Bicholim MLA Dr Chandrakant Shetye, Mayem MLA Premendra Shet visited flood affected area and directed the authorities to take all precautions in flooded areas.
Many roads were closed as water was overflowing on Bicholim, Nanoda roads. Due to this, traffic was affected. All the schools in area were closed due to the flooding.
Some houses on the banks of river Sal Shapura have also been damaged due to the rising waters.
Many houses were flooded in the Bandir Wada area of Gavthan Sanquelim and many vehicles lay submerged in the water causing losses running into lakhs of rupees.
In the morning, traffic was blocked for two hours due to water near the Traffic circle, in which two vehicles of the fire brigade got stuck for an hour. If the rainfall increases further, there is a risk of large-scale flooding and weather alerts have also been issued in taluka.
