Cyclone Tauktae: Strong winds, rain in Goa; energy provide hit

Gusty winds and heavy rains lashed a number of elements of Goa on Sunday morning because of cyclonic storm Tauktae, uprooting electrical poles and affecting energy provide in lots of elements of the coastal state. Cyclone Tauktae has hit coastal elements of Goa and visuals from Panaji present injury attributable to the heavy wind and rain within the state. (India Today)Gusty winds and heavy rains lashed a number of elements of Goa on Sunday morning because of cyclonic storm Tauktae, uprooting electrical poles and affecting energy provide in lots of elements of the coastal state, officers stated.No casualty was reported to date, they stated.Power provide in majority areas of Goa was disrupted as a number of electrical poles obtained uprooted because of the excessive pace winds, state Power Minister Nilesh Cabral informed PTI.”Hundreds of electric poles are broken and scores of power conductors have snapped. Many high tension 33 KV feeders are down due to the falling of trees. Even the 220 KV lines bringing power to Goa from neighbouring Maharashtra have been damaged,” he stated.The electrical energy division deployed its full pressure for the restoration work, but it surely was getting hampered because of the sturdy winds, he stated.The state Fire and Emergency Services management room was flooded with a whole lot of calls from locals about falling of timber and blocked roads, its director Ashok Menon stated.”Our force has been working since last night to clear the roads and remove trees which have fallen on the power lines,” Menon stated.No casualty was reported to date, he added.At the Cacra village in Bambolim close to state capital Panaji, fishermen had been seen speeding again from the ocean with their canoes as gusty winds hit the coast.Local fisherman Sanjay Pereira claimed this was the worst cyclone since 1994.”The water level in the sea has increased and it is expected to rise further by afternoon. All the fishermen are on alert to ensure their canoes are not pulled into the waters by strong currents,” he stated.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.