Monsoon Day 2: Goa gets a rude awakening 8 Jun 2008, 0445 hrs IST,TNN MARGAO/PANAJI: On the second day of the monsoon 121.8 mm of rain was enough to throw the administration out of gear. The subway at Comba built at a cost of over Rs 2 crore and inaugurated with much fanfare by the chief minister recently was out of bounds for two wheelers owing to water logging inside the subway for the second consecutive day.
In Margao, the inefficiency of the Public Works Department (PWD) came to the fore on Saturday as sewage was found flowing out of the drainage system in at least two places near the old market. The sewage water was found overflowing through the inspection chambers and residents had to bear the stench of garbage throughout the day. Residents of the locality said that a similar situation occurred last year as well, but the authorities were yet to remedy the problem. Resident Carmo Pegado said, "The smell is unbearable and the sewage water keeps on accumulating in front of my house. The problem threatens to pose a health hazard as the sewage water flows into the nullah that eventually finds its way into the river Sal." Efforts to get a statement from the PWD proved futile. The South Goa district administration was kept on its toes. Though no major calamities were reported at any of the control rooms at the taluka headquarters, the control room at Margao was reportedly flooded with monsoon related complaints. While a part of a compound wall of a residential house near the Apollo Victor hospital gave way owing to heavy rains, a tree crashed on a house belonging to one Santosh Morajkar at Colmorod, Navelim, though no casualties were reported. A tree fell across the road at Sonsoddo Saturday morning disrupting the flow of traffic for quite a while before the tree was removed. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Monsoon_Day_2_Goa_gets_a_rude_awa kening/articleshow/3110527.cms ~(^^)~ Avelino
