After Mughals, Congress has looted country most: Prahlad Joshi
Free domestic gas distribution, beneficiaries convention at Bantwala
Bantwala, Jan 25: "After Mughals, it is the Congress which looted the country most. Achhe Din is not for Congress. It is for the people of the country and it is being fulfilled in the regime of Narendra Modi", said Petroleum and Natural Gas Parliamentary Standing Committee chairman Prahlad Joshi.
He was speaking at a convention of LPG gas beneficiaries under Ujjwala scheme here on Friday.
Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi, Lok Sabha Member Nalin Kumar Kateel and Chikmagaluru MLA CT Ravi spoke on the occasion. Bantwala MLA Rajesh Naik Ulippady presided over the programme in which Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary, Zilla Panchayat president Meenakshi Shanti Kirana, MLAs Vedavyas Kamath, Umanath Kotian, Harish Poonja, Sanjeev Mathandur, S Angara, IOCL chief general manager K Shylendra, Premanath of BMCL, BPCL Karnataka head Pradeep Nayar, BPCL regional LPG manager Thangavelu, HAL zonal head Amba Bhavani, Journalist Manohar Prasad and BJP leader Devadas Shetty were present.
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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.
