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Wall of Borda house crumbles

Torrential rains across the state led to the collapse of the wall of an old house at Borda, while incidents of uprooted trees have also been reported in Salcete.

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On Wednesday morning, unable to withstand the monsoon fury, the wall of the old house at Borda collapsed. Soon thereafter, the roof of the house also partially collapsed.
Nobody was injured in the incident as the house was unoccupied for a considerable period. The partial collapse of the house also resulted in soil overflowing on the road.
Fire personnel were summoned and the road was soon cleared of the mud.
They also informed that a similar incident pertaining to this house had occurred some four years back wherein a portion of the wall had collapsed thereby leaving the house in an extremely vulnerable position.
On Wednesday, another wall of this house collapsed leading to the partial collapse of the entire house.
Meanwhile, more incidents of tree falls have been reported across Salcete taluka. Fire personnel informed that reports of tree falls came in from places like Navelim, Rawanfond, Dramapur, Fatorda, Nuvem and Fatorpa. Fire personnel undertook work on a war-footing to clear the trees off the internal roads.

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Retaining wall collapses at Dhavali

One four wheeler and some motorcycles were damaged after a retaining wall collapsed at Dhavali-Ponda on Wednesday.

The Goan Network
Published Jul 20, 2017, 10:12 AM IST
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the goan I networkPONDAThe Ponda fire station received about 24 calls regarding uprooted trees on Tuesday and Wednesday. A house belonging to Subhash Naik from Shiroda was damaged after a tree fell on it, resulting in a loss of about Rs 50,000. "One garage at Khadpabandh was also damaged after a tree uprooted on it. We cleared the trees that had fallen," Ponda fire station staff informed. Incidents of falling of trees were also reported at Dharbandora, Shiroda, Savoiverem…

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