A number of houses have been left damaged in Salcete as reports of trees crashing down has been reported in the taluka during the last 24 hours.
A two-wheeler was crushed under a tree when a branch of a mango tree came crashing down at the Junta quarters, Pajifond on Sunday noon.
A house at Betalbatim was damaged after a tree came crashing down late last night. Margao fire brigade rushed to Betalbatim to clear the tree from the house.
A house at Navelim was damaged after coconut trees came crashing down on Sunday near a petrol pump.
Fire officer Gill D’Sa informed htat a coconut tree fell down on a house at Bal Bhawan school, Aquem-Margao.
He said a portion of a wall crumbled at Colmorod-Navelim on Sunday.
Reports of trees coming down on the road and disrupting traffic have come in from Curtorim, Loutolim and Ambaji-Fatorda on Sunday.
He said a jackfruit tree fell on the road at Loutolim, while a tree came down on an internal road at Nuvem. In another incident, a coconut tree and mango tree came crashing down on electric wires and road near the residence of MP Francisco Sardinha.
Fire brigade rushed to Ambaji after receiving a call that a mango tree had fallen down on the road near the Presentation school, Ambaji-Fatorda.
