Saline water entered into 15 wells when a bundh breached near the Corjuem ferry wharf in Aldona. River water also gushed into neighbouring paddy fields and damaged the crops. Bardez Mamlatdar S Narulkar and Mapusa Deputy Collector Mahesh Khorjuveker visited the site to access the damage caused to farmers and villagers due to breaching of the bundh. When contacted, Aldona Sarpanch Vallabh Polle said the bundh got breached as a result of poor maintenance. "Saline water has entered into an area of 40,000 sq mtr. We have already submitted a report to the deputy collector in this regard,' said Polle. ALDONA CORRES-PONDENT ADDS: According to Pravin Shet, who resides close to the site, minor breaches have been taking place at site since February 2008. "A major breach of the bundh had last taken place in 2000 and the people had approached local MLA Dayanand Narvekar, who had got the bundh repaired. The Vankhazon Tenants Association at Corjuem was formed last year to maintain the bundh,' said Shet, who is also a member of the Association. He informed that the Association had alerted the Bardez mamlatdar and the Agriculture Department of the minor breaching of the bundh in February. "The Agriculture Depart-ment had asked us details of the bundh and had later inspected the site,' said Shet. Incidentally, the Association on Thursday received a letter from the Agriculture Department sanctioning funds to repair the bundh.