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BICHOLIM: After Sal, it is now the turn of the villagers of Mulgao and Assonora to face acute water shortage.A pipeline to the two villages burst at Par in Mulgao-Bicholim on Tuesday evening.Villagers were left without water for hours even as several hundred litres of water spilled along the roadside. Repair work was on till late night. PWD employees who were alerted by locals rushed to the spot and immediately took up work on repairing the damage.Sources said many water pipelines have become old and rusty which makes them susceptible to damage when the flow is heavy.Villagers have demanded that the government replace the old pipelines..