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| October 3, 2009 | Heavy rain wreaks havoc at tourist hotspots in Goa | | Canacona (Goa):
Incessant rain for the last three days
wreaked havoc in several tourist hotspots in Goa, disrupting road, rail
and air traffic. As per media reports, two people are feared dead and over a thousand
are trapped in some areas of Canacona tal sub-division. Authorities have activated
the disaster management set up and senior officials have been asked to keep a
tab on the rescue work. Rescue boats have been put in place to shift the marooned
people to safer locations. Runways at Goa's Dabolim airport were flooded for a
short-while and train services have also been severely disrupted. Although light-vehicles
were moving on the Canacona-Karwar national highway but several inter-state buses
were stranded on both sides of the border. As per reports, the people of severely
affected villages are temporarily housed in schools, churches, forest rest houses
and other buildings at safe locations. Villages in Galgibaga and Canacona regions
are mainly affected by the floodwaters due to incessant rains. Meanwhile, over
130 people have died and hundreds are being evacuated from areas affected due
to heavy rains, which have lashed Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh over the past three
days. | |
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