Shiradi Ghat remains closed: How to travel Mangaluru-Bengaluru
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Mangaluru: Connection between Mangaluru-Bengaluru has been affected following heavy rainfall and landslides at Shiradi Ghat and Sampaje Road.
While government and private buses reaching Bengaluru via alternate routes, trains are touching Bengaluru via Kerala.
KSRTC Rajahamsa buses are reaching Bengaluru via Charmadi Ghat. Volvo buses are moving through Kottigehara, Kalasa, and kudremukh. All the vehicles that were plying through Shiradi and Sampaji ghats are also moving on the same route. If traffic congestion occurs, the travel time will be increased. Therefore, it is better if the travelers from Bengaluru or Mangaluru start their journey couple of hours before their scheduled timings; suggests officials.
Trains via Kerala: Trains running between Mangaluru and Bengaluru are moving through Kerala due to heavy rains and landslides. In fact, only one train is running at night via Mangaluru, Shornur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Erode, and Jalarpete. The train departs Mangaluru Central at 9 pm and reaches Bangaluru at noon, the next day. That means about 15 hours of journey.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers travelling between Mangaluru and Bengaluru has declined dramatically. Following which, the KSRTC Rajahamsa and Volvo buses are plying day and night.
The number of passengers is not as per expectations. The passenger numbers cannot be increased unless the highway is completely repaired. Currently, buses are running according to the number of passengers. The number of buses will be raised as passenger numbers increase, said Mangaluru Divisional controller Deepak.
Private buses have also changed their Mangaluru-Bengaluru route. Instead of Shiradi, they have opted Charmadi. While private buses have decided Shivamogga route for Kundapur passengers, they are taking Udupi passengers to the state capital via Mangaluru-Charmadi.
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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.
