Bikarnakatte road accident victim declared brain-dead; family decides to donate organs
Mangaluru: A young man named Dhiraj, who had been injured in the road accident on Sunday was declared brain-dead by the doctors on Tuesday, after which, his family reportedly decided to donate his organs.
The organ donation process will reportedly be carried out at the private hospital in the city on Tuesday, following the wishes of the deceased’s family. City police commissioner N. Shashikumar informed that a team from Chennai was scheduled to arrive in Mangaluru in a private airplane to collect the organs from the private hospital.
On Sunday, a bike had reportedly crashed into the divider after the rider of the vehicle lost control over the two-wheeler resulting in serious injuries to two people in front of Masood Education and Charitable Trust beside Usmaniya Complex at Bikarnakatte.
The visuals of the accident were captured in the CCTV installed in the area, which showed the bike crashing into the divider after the rider lost control of the vehicle. The two people on the bike had been thrown onto the divider due to the impact of the crash, it is learned.
The injured, identified as Ganesh, is receiving treatment at the hospital. Reportedly, Ganesh had offered a lift to his friend Dhiraj on his bike and was taking him home on Sunday night when the duo met with an accident at National Highway 73. Observing the two men grievously injured after their bike crashed into the divider, an auto-rickshaw driver named Praveen Kumar, who was passing through the area reportedly helped take both the injured men to the hospital with the help of the locals.
A case has been registered in this regard at the traffic police station.
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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.
