PANJIM, May 21 -- Team Herald

The Congress party and social activists on Wednesday criticised the State government for its lack of preparedness ahead of the monsoon, stating that despite spending crores on disaster management, various parts of Goa were left submerged after two days of unseasonal rainfall.

In a statement, a Congress spokesperson said, "The rainfall has once again exposed the complete collapse of the BJP government's disaster management machinery under Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. It is shocking and shameful that despite spending hundreds of crores and conducting so-called 'high-level meetings', Goa was left helpless and paralysed within hours of rain."

The spokesperson further alleged that the flooding across cities an...