Bengaluru, August 06: Citing the administrative reasons, the state government has transferred 19 IAS officers on Monday.
In its transfer order, the government has appointed Dr S Selvakumar as KPTCL managing director, MV Savithri -Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department Secretary, Dr R Vishal - Rural Drinking Water Supply and Drainage Agency Commissioner, C Shikha - BESCOM Managing Director, BS Shekarappa- Municipal Administrative Director, Manoj Jain- State Land Corporation Managing Director, P Rajendra Cholan- North-west State Road Transport Corporation Managing Director, THM Kumar- Food and Civil Supplies department commissioner.
M Kanagavalli- PU Education department Director, MG Hiremath- Gadag DC, Pommal Sunil Kumar – Koppal DC, M Sundaresh Babu- HESCOM Managing Director, Charulatha Somal- Shivamogga City Corporation Commissioner, Suralkar Vikas Kishor- JESCOM Managing Director, Dr Arundhati Chandrashekar- Woman and Child Welfare department Director, CN Meena Nagaraj- Chief Minister’s Deputy Secretary, Gangubai Ramesh Manakar- Bagalkote ZP CEO, Mahantesh Bilagi- Vijayapura ZP CEO, KA Dayananda- Chikmagalur DC.
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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.
