Normal life severely affected in Goa by heavy rainfall

PANAJI: Heavy to very heavy rainfall in Goa continued on Tuesday, for the fourth consecutive day, hitting normal life. All five major water reservoirs were overflowing and water in the rivers became swollen. Many schools declared a holiday in view of the situation.
Trees were uprooted and roads in many parts were waterlogged, blocking traffic movement.
Fire personnel had to rescue a family from their home in Usgao near Nestle factory after they were stuck inside due to waterlogging. The water rose to a height, where that the family could not move out.
The Chorla Ghat highway saw a landslide, which blocked all heavy traffic movement between Goa and Karnataka. As the Anmod Ghat route is already shut for sometime now for highway expansion work, Chorla Ghat was the only road route at present connecting Goa to Karnataka. If the road is not cleared shortly, essential supplies like vegetables, for which Goa largely relies on Belgaum, will be affected.
Within Goa, Guirim stretch of the highway saw traffic movement affected due to uprooting of trees.
In areas like Virnoda, roads were submerged under water. Low lying paddy fields in many parts of the state were flooded and are likely to affect crops.
The highway along Cortalim saw massive vehicle pile-up affecting Margao to Panaji traffic movement.
Chief minister Pramod Sawant inspected waterlogging in Mala in the capital city, where residents have been seeing their houses submerge in water for some days now.
Already many trains to Goa have been cancelled or rescheduled by Konkan Railways due to the heavy rainfall along the route towards the state.
Flights landing into Goa are also seeing minor delays due to the rainfall situation in Mumbai.