Bag full of ration cards found near highway in Shiroor
Byndoor, June 21: A bag containing more than two thousand ration cards was found near national highway in Shiroor on June 21, Thursday afternoon.
The ration cards that belongs to Bantwal taluk were filled in a cement bag and was abandoned near Green Valley school in Shiroor on national highway here, said Tahsildar.
After receiving information at around 12am we went to the spot and during inquiry we found that these were old cancelled cards, he said.
The bag contained ration cards sanctioned during 2008 to 2015-16. It had Antyodaya cards, BPL, APL and other cards said Byndoor revenue inspector.
Bantwal taluk office has been informed about the incident and we are expecting an answer from them, he said. It is yet to be known who had thrown these cards there, he added.
All the cards were seized in front of Byndoor PSI, tahsildar, and revenue department officers. These cards have been handed over to food inspector of Kundapur taluk office, he said.
DC clarifies
The ration cards that were found in a bag near Green Valley in Shiroor have been examined. There were around 2000 ration cards in the bag. These were returned cards to avail new one and belongs to Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.
Dakshina Kannada district food, civil supplies and consumer affair departments have been asked to take these cards and dispose accordingly, said Udupi DC Priyanka Mary Francis in a press meet.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Magisterial probe ordered into Goa nightclub fire; FIR lodged against owner, GM
Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire at a nightclub which claimed 25 lives.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said an FIR has been lodged against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub and they would be arrested.
The fire broke out at Birch by Romeo Lane after midnight. The popular party venue at Arpora village, located around 25 km from the state capital Panaji, opened last year.
CM Sawant, in a post on X, said, "I am closely reviewing the situation arising from the tragic fire incident at Arpora, in which 25 people have lost their lives and six have been injured."
"All six injured persons are in a stable condition and are receiving the best medical care. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident to identify the cause and fix responsibility," he said.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said the police have registered an FIR against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub, and they would be arrested.
He said this is the first time that such an incident has happened in Goa.
A preliminary inquiry has indicated that the fire started on the first floor of the club, and due to congestion and small doors, the customers could not move out, the CM said.
"Some of them rushed to the ground floor and got trapped there," he said.
