Goa rain claims 1,
8 injured
Sandesh Prabhudesai
23 June 2007
Heavy rains and strong winds blowing since last night played
havoc all over Goa, uprooting over 300 trees, damaging few
houses, injuring many and killing one bus driver in Valpoi.
Power supply was disrupted in many places, especially in
South Goa, including chief minister Digambar Kamat's Margao
town.
A bus driver was killed on the spot in a bus accident at
Redi Ghati in Valpoi while injuring five passengers. Another
bus at Ponda Ghat slipped down in a valley but got stuck on
a tree, saving all lives.
A family of three got injured at Kullnem Bhat in Curchorem
when a tree fell on their house.
The famous Coco beach at Nerul in Bardez (across Mandovi
river) got fully washed away with around 50 coconut trees
getting uprooted.
Inter-state bus transport was disrupted due to uprooting
of trees all over the highway, delaying buses by 8 to 10 hours.
Trains were also delayed by two hours as all are running
at a slow speed.
Air transport was however running smooth, except slight delay
of 20 to 30 minutes.
Over seven inches of rain has been registered in the last
24 hours since 5.30 yesterday evening. Goa has registered
over 35 inches of rain since 1 June.
The meteorological department has predicted similar trend
of heavy rainfall with strong winds in the next 24 hours.
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