Financial assistance of Jamiat Ulama instills confidence to Kodagu disaster affected
Religious scholars’ organization offers help irrespective of caste and creed
Madikeri, Jan 17: Heavy rain which battered Kodagu district in last August has proved that only nature has the capacity to establish universal brotherhood. People of all communities were affected in the natural disaster. They have lost everything including houses and agriculture land.
But even after five months of the natural disaster, the affected families did not get any assistance or help. They are getting the food, but not the shelter. At this situation, the Bengaluru and Madikeri units of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Karnataka have consoled the affected people. At the Cauvery Kalakshetra, the organization conducted the national integration convention and distributed the cheques for financial assistance to the affected people.
Having 102 years of history, Jamiat Ulama has social concerns due to which, it has responded positively with food and clothes when the natural disaster struck Kodagu district.
Now, it has donated over Rs 45 lakh financial assistance to the affected people irrespective of castes and creeds. The Madikeri unit has conducted survey of affected people in Second Monnangeri, Jodupala, Madenadu, Katakeri, Kaluru, Makkandur, Chamundeshwari Nagar, Indira Nagar, Mallikarjuna Nagar and other extensions in the city for two months and helped the state unit.
A team of 12 members including MA Akbar Pasha, MK Mansoor, Hafiz riyaz Ahmed, Moulana Abdul Hakeem and Hafiz Issac Ahmed identified the eligible affected people. They have identified total 264 families affected during the natural disaster. The unit has distributed Rs 25,000 each for those who have lost houses completely, Rs 15,000 for partial damage and Rs 10,000 for minor damages of houses. Total 180 persons were given financial assistance during the programme.
Jamiat Ulama state president Moulana Mufti Iftikar Ahmed, Vice president Zainul Abidin Rashadi Mujahiri, General secretary Hazrat Maulana Mufti Shamsuddin and others distributed the cheques to the affected people and consoled them.
“Humanity is more important than any religion. Everyone should respond to the problems of others. More than Hindu, Christian, Islam and other castes or religions, human religion is the best religion”, said Moulana Mufti Iftikar Ahmed.
The God has sown the seeds of humanity in every individual. It should be nurtured as a big tree to give shade and light to the distressed people. Even animals were also given humanity. But they do not have responsibility. But the humans have their own social responsibility and they should establish unity without creating any confusion, he appealed.
Hazrat Maulana Mufti Shamsuddin said that Jamiat Ulama was not a political organization. It had fought for the freedom of the country. The organization has been responding to the distressed people irrespective of religions. Everyone should inculcate the qualities of responding to the problems of others in humanitarian ground, he appealed.
Organisation vice president Zainul Abdin Rashadi Muzahari said that the organization had participated in freedom struggle. Even after freedom, it had taken active participation in establishing national integration. Everyone should work for uniting the people instead of dividing them, he said.
City Municipal Council president Kaveramma Somanna and member Amin Mohsin spoke on the occasion. Organisation national committee member Nasrullah Sharief, leaders MA Akbar Pasha, MK Mansur, Hafeez Riyaz Ahmed, Moulana Abdul Hakeem and Hafiz Isaac Ahmed were present on the occasion. More than 300 distressed people from various parts of the district participated in the programme.
More assistance will be given
Though 264 families were selected, the cheques for financial assistance were given away to just 180 people. For the remaining affected people, the cheques will be given away next week, Jamiat Ulama leader and CMC member MK Mansoor told ‘Varthabharati’.
“The number of eligible affected people is more. We wanted to assist them all, for which, we need more money and Jamiat Ulama will help us. Jamiyat has given Rs 4 crore to Kerala disaster affected people and Rs 1 crore to Tamil Nadu people and more assistance will be given to Kodagu people”, he said.
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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.
