Karnataka Lifesavers Bill gets President’s nod
First of its kind Bill in country have some special features
New Delhi, September 30: Finally, the much awaited Karnataka Lifesavers Bill, aimed at ensuring the legal protection to those who save the injured people and admit them to hospitals after accidents, got the nod from the President. With the President’s approval, Karnataka became the first state in the country to have such a Bill.
With the increase of deaths due to accidents in the country, Karnataka has become the first state to pass this kind of Bill in the country. This Bill was passed to ensure treatment to the injured person within a ‘Golden Hour’ (In medical term, the one hour after accident is called Golden Hour as the victim can be saved if the person gets treatment within this time period) after accident.
Earlier, the person who saved the victims or the person who admit the injured persons to the hospitals has to attend the police stations and courts and give statements. Now, the new Bill will put an end to such practices. Instead, the lifesavers will be given incentives for the service. If it is necessary to give statements in the courts, the government will be giving travelling allowance to the lifesavers from the Lifesavers Fund.
According to the new Bill, the lifesavers could leave the hospitals as soon as they admit the victims to the hospitals. All hospitals including private and government, should immediately provide first aid to the injured persons. The new Bill would ensure no harassment to the lifesavers, official sources said.
The officials have raised concerns over the increasing habits of recording the accidents in mobile phones instead of admitting the victims to the hospitals or taking care of them. In 2016, total 1,50,785 persons have lost their lives in 4,80,652 accidents. In 2015, 1,46,133 persons have lost their lives in 5,01,423 accident cases. In between these two years, Karnataka is one among five states where accidental deaths were more.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
