Steps to make it mandatory to plant saplings in Housing Scheme: Minister Khader
Mangaluru, August 01: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that steps would be taken to make it mandatory to plant saplings of neem, basil and other plants of medicinal values and other daily usable plants in front of all houses to be constructed under the Housing Scheme.
Inaugurating Environmental Protection Day organized by various organizations and the Pollution Control Board at town hall here on Wednesday, the Minister said that environment should be created to plant saplings in each house so that each house would contribute in environment conservation.
Implementation of pollution control law: Onus on officials
The Minister said that the officials have the onus to implement the law to control pollution effectively. If the officials failed to discharge their duties, people and environment would have to face the problem. So, people from all walks of life should cooperate with the stakeholders because, law alone could not control the pollution, he said.
‘Sustainable development with environment’
“Development is a must for the growth of the society. If the development programmes taken up in the society became harmful to the environment, the future generation would have to face the problem. So, sustainable development models should be initiated to conserve the environment”, he said.
MLAs Vedavyas Kamath and Harish Kumar, district Legal Aid Authority judge Mallanna Gowda, ZP president Meenakshi Shantigodu, Divisional Forest Conservator Dr V Karikalan, City Corporation Commissioner Muhammad Nazir, Prof G Srinikethan of NITK, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kumar, Small Screen Actor Harsha, District Pollution Control Board Officer Rajashekar Puranik and others were present.
The winners in various competitions organized as part of the programme were given away prizes. The organizations which have been contributing for the environmental conservation were also felicitated.
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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.
