Remove fallacy on eye donation: Harish Baliga
An awareness jatha for eye donation
Mangaluru, September 2: MRPL CSR Division head Harish Baliga said that awareness should be created among people to remove misconception on eye donation.
Giving away prizes to the winners in a marathon organized by the District Ophthalmologists Association to mark the Eye Donation Fortnight here on Sunday, he said that there was a need to create awareness among people on the importance of donating eyes. He hailed the efforts of the Society in educating the people through a mobile unit.
Association president Dr. Sudheer Hegde said that the programme was organized to educate the people on eye donation and the mobile unit was also conducting various programmes in rural areas to achieve this objective.
Eye Donation Fortnight is being observed in association with MRPL, Rotary International, Round Table, Samvitti Capital, Bharat Motors, Abharana Jewelers, Mariyana Builders and Zuis Gym and all medical colleges of the district.
Awareness running race and prize distribution
The prize winners in the 5-km running race from City Corporation Office to Nehru Stadium were felicitated. In men’s section, Sourabh Patil got the first place, while Gaurav Ramvati and Chethan R got the second and third places respectively. In women’s section, Dr. Sahana Acharya, Dr. Anupama Rao and Dr. Parool Patel got the first, second and third places respectively.
Karnataka Ophthalmologists Association president Dr. Sai Giridhar, Dr. Ajay Kudva, Dr. Vikram Pai, Akansha and others participated in the programme.
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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.
