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MAPUSA
The sudden summer thundershowers late Saturday night brought about power supply disruption in North Goa District Hospital and several areas in Mapusa city and other parts of Bardez.
A few calls of tree falling on houses were also reported in the taluka.
Several areas in Mapusa, including the district hospital, had to go without power for long hours after a 33kv feeder tripped from the Tivim sub-station and a disc insulator of underground cable to Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) campus in Peddem was found faulty.
The bordering villages of Siolim, Sodiem, Anjuna, Assagao, Parra and Guirim also faced power disruption.
The power which went off at around 11.30 pm soon after moderate showers hit parts of the State was restored at around 9 am on Sunday.
“We had to locate the fault one be one moving from one feeder to the other. That is why it took time. In addition, the limited staff at our disposal also added to the delay in restoring the power,” said Norman Athaide, Assistant Engineer, Mapusa.
“The tripping of 33kv feeder affected supply to Asilo, SAG and two power transformers that were feeding supply to Altinho, Parra, Carrasvaddo, Duler, Industrial area and Anjuna,” he added.
In the meanwhile, two trees came crashing down on a house in Parra in the wee hours of Sunday injuring a minor child and partially damaging the house.
A fire official attached to Mapusa fire station informed that a coconut and mango tree fell on the house belonging to Luis Monteiro in Parra.
“A minor child who was in the house when the incident happened suffered slight injuries,” the official informed.
The loss has been estimated at around Rs 50,000.
In another incident, two trees fell on a house near Sateri temple at Paleim Ucassaim while a tree fell on electrical lines at Carona in Aldona.
