Goa, April 18 -- Villages in Goa are complaining of no water, and even sections in Panjim, especially those in elevated areas went without water for a few days earlier this month. There was also a pipeline that burst and South Goa too had its issues with water. Yet, there are two good reasons why Goa should not have had any water shortages this year. The first is that it was a plentiful monsoon and the second that Goa became the first State in the country to have tap water in every household.
The current summer follows a monsoon during which Goa received the highest rainfall in a century, where the excess rainfall was 41 per cent above the normal. There should not have been water shortage problems resulting after such a heavy monsoon had t...