Goa On Alert After Forecasts Of Very Heavy Rains

A senior official from the North Goa district administration said control rooms were activated and people were asked to remain alert in case there was flooding in their areas.

The Goa administration was on high alert on Sunday, a day after the IMD predicted "very heavy rainfall" in the coastal state over the next couple of days, officials said. The sky was overcast in Goa's capital Panaji and other cities of the state since morning, they said. A senior official from the North Goa district administration said control rooms were activated and people were asked to remain alert in case there was flooding in their areas. "After the experience of last month, when several places were flooded (due to heavy rains), we are leaving nothing to chance," the official said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said with the likely formation of a low pressure area over north and adjoining central Bay of Bengal during next 48 hours, monsoon activity may get strengthened over south Konkan and Goa in the coming days.