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PONDA
Water supply was restricted to Ponda taluka and parts of Old Goa on Friday night and Saturday after seven motors of the pump house at the Opa Treatment Plant got submerged into water.
Speaking to The Goan, PWD Executive Engineer Dilip Dhavalikar said a delivery pipe attached to one of the seven motors ruptured on Friday evening.
“Four motors were working and three were on standby. The problem occurred when the delivery pipe of one motor burst and the pump house got filled with water. As a result, all motors got submerged in the pump house,” said Dhavalikar.
“All motors were removed on Saturday and were sent to a furnace at Vasco. They will be brought back on Sunday morning and will be installed at the pump house. We hope to restore water supply shortly thereafter,” he said.
