PANJIM: A day after floods ravaged the State, Aam Aadmi Party team led by State Convenor Rahul Mhambre visited the flood affected areas of Sattari and Valpoi to assess and provide aid to the affected residents.

According to a press release, what AAP realised is that the villages have witnessed a complete breakdown of government machinery and were left to fend for themselves. The party immediately swung into action and begun providing ration and other necessities to those affected.

The AAP blamed Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who despite empty reassurances, was too busy with the party high command in Delhi to evacuate or even warn villages to be safe despite the IMD Orange warning. This has led to massive destruction of property including houses, agricultural land and assets that are part of Goans lifelong savings.

Visiting the villages of Usgaon, Ganjem and Damshe, Mhambre observed massive destruction. Moreover, there is no community centre or any sort of arrangement for food or even drinking water for those impacted.

“In conversation with the villagers, it was revealed that the government had not even communicated to them that there was an Orange warning from the IMD. Many villagers stated that a lot of losses could have been avoided had they been warned. Many houses are now too dangerous to move back into until they are checked structurally by the Fire Department or the competent authorities. What’s shocking is that even after the disaster there has been no arrangement of lodging as there are no community halls. The flood affected people have been depending on the kindness of their relatives and neighbouring villages,” claimed Mhambre.

“The scale of unnecessary destruction is massive,” he said.