Lucky escape for family as tree collapses on house at Poinguinim

The Goan NetworkPublished Mar 15, 2019, 3:04 AM IST

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CANACONA

A family had a lucky escape when a large mango tree collapsed on their house at Poinguinim late Wednesday night.

According to fire services sources, a mangoes tree got uprooted and collapsed on one portion of the house belonging to Deepak Naik at Welwadda-Poinguinim. The occupants escaped unhurt as there were in another section of the house which was not damaged. Fire sources said the house suffered damages estimated at about Rs 1.5 lakh.

On Thursday morning, a fire tender went to the site and cleared the fallen tree.

Canacona MLA Isidore Fernandes, Poinguinim Panch Pravir Bhandari and others visited the family, to enquire about their well-being on Thursday morning.

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Velingkar appeals to eradicate corrupt politicians, practices

Goa Suraksha Manch opens party election campaign office at Shiroda

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Published Mar 15, 2019, 3:02 AM IST

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the goan I networkPONDAExpressing hope that his party will rule the State in the next five years, President of Goa Suraksha Manch Subhash Velingkar has hit out politicians who try to lure voters with cash and gifts. Velingkar was speaking after opening the party’s election campaign office at Shiroda on Thursday. GSM’s Shiroda candidate Santosh Satarkar, Adv Swati Kerkar, Utkarsh Prabhu Borkar, Atmaram Gaonkar, Adv Sonali Naik, Nitin Phaldesai, Abhay…