Portuguese era wall at Quepem falls due to rain

Quepem: A huge section of the compound wall that surrounded the erstwhile Portuguese jail at

Quepem

and later the police station, collapsed around 10.30pm on Sunday following heavy showers.

Debris from the nearly 5m-high wall blocked the Margao-Quepem road bringing traffic to a halt for around an hour.

The heritage structure was demolished a year ago to make way for a four-storey building and the wall was the only surviving marker dating to colonist era.

Even after Liberation, prisoners continued to be housed in four cells at this jail, which later became the Quepem police station. The police station presently functions out of the WRD godowns near government college, Quepem.

Locals requested that the remaining portion of the wall be broken down to avoid further disaster as it is in a dilapidated state.