July 23rd 2023.
Heavy rains brought disruption to life in Ponda and Dharbandora talukas, with houses and roads in low-lying areas being submerged. Traffic and pedestrians were stranded in many places, with Saterimal-Nirankal road being completely submerged in water. The floods also caused some damage to property, with a house being flooded and many students and employees being stranded.
The situation was further worsened when a tree fell on a power line at Adpai, leading to the death of a cow and a dog. A tree also crashed down on the animal husbandry office at Curti. In response, Ponda fire personnel visited various places to caution people to be vigilant.
The Additional Collector, Vishal Kundaikar, convened a special meeting with officials of various departments to take stock of the situation. Deputy Collector Raghuraj Phaldesai, Vinod Dalal, Rajesh Sakhalkar, WRD Assistant Engineer Shailesh Naik, fire station officers Ajit Kamat and Sushil Morjkar, sarpanch Narendra Gawkar and other Panch members and government officials were present at the meeting.
The Additional Collector asked the Panch members to alert the people if the river water levels rose. He also instructed them to keep boats ready to evacuate people if the water level rises. He appealed to people to cooperate with authorities in such situations. He also said that government officials and Panch members would be at the service of people.
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