Villagers wading through water filled road at Davkon- Dharbandoda.
PONDA
Normal life of the residents of Ponda and Dharbandora talukas was disrupted on Thursday due to incessant rains. Roads in Ganje, Davkon, Nirankal, Tiral-Usgaon areas were submerged under water and the vehicular traffic came to standstill.
Dattaram Chari's garage was damaged due to collapse of retaining wall near the drain at Wadi-Talavali. A special meeting was held under the guidance of Joint Collector Vishal Kundaikar to provide immediate services to the people during emergencies.
At Ganje-Usgaon in Ponda taluka, traffic on the Ponda Valpai roads came to a standstill after the main road was submerged under water. Due to this, workers as well as students could not move out of their houses. In Tiral-Usgaon, students going home in the afternoon got stuck due to inundation of the road. Upon receipt of the information the officer of Ponda fire brigade office Sushil Morajkar rushed to the spot along with his staff. A special boat was provided to bring the students home. Local panch member Rajendra Naik thanked the fire brigade personnel.
As the water level of Dudhsagar river rose, the road at Nirankal was submerged. So the traffic was diverted through Dharbandora route. In the past month, the people of Nirankal have had to suffer as the road was flooded 8 times.
On Thursday, the road was flooded again at Davkon in Dharbandoda taluka causing panic among the locals. The locals were forced to travel through the hilly areas. The situation is now being monitored under the guidance of Inspector of Collem Police station Sagun Sawant. On the orders of the Deputy Collector Nilesh Dhaymodkar, case officer Vinod Dalal and Panchayat Talathi went to Davkon village and took stock of the situation .
