It was Monday (26.6.2006) evening when the phone rang. A message from home said, "There's pandamonium around here." I heard the kids chatter excitedly in the background.
But the sad news was that there was a tragedy in the vaddo. Later, it emerged that one of the young men swimming in the Donvaddo-Sonarbhat pond had drowned. The fire engine was called, and the police were on the scene. The kids were more excited with seeing the fire-brigade in the village, and seeing it get stuck along the 'bund' road. The next day, the school told them about the tragedy, and cautioned all the children to be cautious again. Apparently, the 26-year-old man who had died was from Parra. There were different versions of why the death had taken place. It could have been due to alcohol. But diving into the pond from the fairly high walls might not be safe either, given that the water is actually quite shallow, and might not have the depth to break the fall. Whatever the case, we at Saligao could do with more safety measures and caution. FN -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Yahoomessenger: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9822122436 ---------------------------------------------------------- AsiaCommons' blog http://www.asia-commons.net/blog/39 _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet
