MARGAO
Overnight incessant rains disrupted normal life in the commercial capital and Salcete’s countryside on Wednesday as the season’s first heavy rainfall reported a landslide at Ambelim, flooding the plains at Mungul, wall collapse at Margao and leaving the main entrance road to the city in front of the South Goa damaged with huge craters.
The fire brigade and electricity department along with Salcete Mamlatdar Laxmikant Desai rushed to Oratodi in Ambelim following a minor landslide. As the debris from the hill slide down on the road, the fire brigade personnel cut the tree and the labourers cleared the mess. The authorities sounded a caution as a tree atop the Oratore hillock was hanging dangerously.
Mamlatdar Laxmikant Desai told The Goan that the debris was cleared and the electricity department started repairing the damaged electric poles.
The Margao fire brigade received a couple of calls of tree fall incidents on the roads at Seraulim, Navelim and the Gogol Housing Board.
Margao Fire Officer Gill D’Sa informed that the fire personnel attended to the calls to lift away the fallen trees and restore traffic. He said no damage to property has been caused, adding that the trees had fallen on the roads, disrupting vehicular traffic.
