MARGAO: Pre-monsoon showers accompanied by wind lashed several parts of Salcete causing damage to houses and property.
According to Margao Fire station officer Gil Souza in a day Margao fire station personnel attended 38 calls. Most of these calls were to attend to trees falling on houses in various parts of Salcete particularly in
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Margao. He said that except for five calls, all the calls had been attended and obstructions from the road were cleared .
Souza said that a tree fell on the house at Comba Margao while in another case a tree fell on the car at Aquem Margao causing loss of Rs 18,000 while property worth Rs 2.5 lakh was saved.
In various tree fall incidents a tree fell on the compound gate of a house at Aquem, Margao, causing loss of Rs 30,000, another mango tree fell on the house and scooter at Dongorim Navelim causing loss of Rs 35,000 and a mango tree fell on car parking shed at Pedda Comba causing loss of Rs 40,000. Property worth Rs 60,000 was saved.
