PONDA: In the last one month, 24 incidents of tree falling in Shiroda constituency have been recorded by Ponda’s fire station. A loss of more than a lakh of rupees has been estimated due to these incidents.
Local Aabu Naik suffered a loss of Rs 60,000 after a tree fell at his house at Ferry Road. Shiroda and Borim panchayats reported nine incidents each while six in Bethora panchayat.
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The loss was also caused after trees fell on the power lines at Vaaje and Shiroda. On Monday, there was traffic snarls on Panchwadi-Shiroda route after trees collapsed at Shivnathi.
A shopkeeper suffered a loss of about Rs 25,000 at Borim. Tree also fell on a parking shed near Pragati School, causing a loss of about Rs 10,000.
