Mangaluru : Social service organisation  HOPE Foundation and Bakers Treat Mangaluru in collaboration with some Food Bloggers  has launched a unique initiative '1000 Book Project' with the slogan Jab Padega India tho Badega India on Wednesday . The idea of this project is to collect books from donors and send it to rural schools in India.

Popular Instagram bloggers from Mangalore like @thehungerqueen @thefatchickdiary @kiss.my.spatula @artbyfayaz @atu.pai @thejquest @bakerstreat and @traveller_soul_ixe joined in together and came up with this idea to celebrate the 72nd Independence Day of India.

Mr. T Suresh, Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru launched the project at Bakers Treat Cafe, Falnir on 15th August, 2018 at 5:30 PM. Few selected guests and book lovers of Mangaluru attended this event.

The first few books were accepted by The Top Cop of Mangaluru Mr T Suresh.

Mr T Suresh, Commissioner of Police addressed the gathering and appreciated the work that HOPE Foundation was doing and wished them the best.

Mr. Seif Sultan , Chairman of HOPE; thanked everyone for supporting the “ 1000 Book Project” and requested more people to join in and donate books to this movement which will support the poor children in all the 4 corners of India. He also mentioned that the people could donate cash for this project.

People can donate books until the 24th of August, 2018 at Baker’s Treat and stand a chance to win gift vouchers worth rupees 10,000.

Mrs. Mariam Mohiudeen of Baker’s Treat;  and her husband Mr. Dean Mohiudeen along with their two sons Nedal and Nadeem handed over a gift of appreciation to Mr. T Suresh.

The guests included Mrs. Haseena Naufal, Mr. Viraj Hegde, Mr. Shareef Valal, Ms. Shreya Rao , Mr. Abdullah and many more.Trustee of HOPE Foundation Mr Najeeb was also present.

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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.