Goa, March 12 -- A fire broke out in a cashew orchard on a hilltop in Deusbhatwadi, Maye Panchayat area, on Tuesday. On the evening of March 11, a spark caused by friction between power lines broke out. In this fire, about 80 thousand sq.m. of land in the cashew orchard was burnt to ashes. Due to this, lakhs of rupees were lost.

The incident of the fire took place at around 4.30 pm. The high-voltage power line passing through these cashew orchards has gone out. Every year, strong winds cause friction in these lines. Due to the sparks flying from this, even the cashew orchards are completely burnt down. Every year, this kind of thing happens in these cashew orchards. But the government has not taken any steps to prevent this kind of thing...