PONDA
The water suction pump and filtration tank which collapsed and fell into the Mhadei river at Ganje on Wednesday morning was pulled out on Thursday with the help of two cranes and repair work began at the site.
Efforts to pull out the pump began on Wednesday at 3 pm but was stopped at 10 pm and the work resumed on Thursday morning. The pump had been inaugurated by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on July 16 at a cost of about Rs 10 crore from the District Mineral Fund for augmented Water Supply System at Sankhali Constituency to ensure uninterrupted water supply to the villages of Pale, Velguem and Surla in Sankhali.
Meanwhile, trees got uprooted at various places in Ponda on Thursday morning, and the Fire Services rushed to the spot to remove the trees at Okamb, Dharbandora, Dattagadh and Bethora.
At Khadpabandh, a coconut tree had fallen on the road and the traffic was diverted for some time.
