As Goa prepares for arrival of the south-west monsoon, the IMD has forecast heavy rainfall along with high speed winds in isolated places in North and South Goa districts. The coastal state experienced pre-monsoon showers earlier this week.
As a precaution, the Goa government shuts down beaches, popular with tourists, for swimming and water sports during the monsoon (from June to September) each year as the sea during this period tends to be extremely rough and choppy.
Meanwhile, Drishti Marine, the state-appointed professional lifeguard agency, on Thursday advised people visiting beaches againstventuring into the sea with the monsoon expected to hit the state anytime now.
With moderate to heavy rains expected to lash various parts of Goa over the next few days, visitors are advised not to venture into the sea,” a spokesman of Drishti Marine, which mans Goa’s beaches, said in a statement.
