DK Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao hands title deeds to owners during ‘Janata Darshana’ event in Bantwal
Bantwal: District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao received applications related to various government benefits from citizens in the taluk and also handed title deeds to the site owners during the district-level ‘Janata Darshana’ organized in BC Road here on Wednesday.
Inaugurating the event, the minister said that such events would also be held at taluk-level across the district for senior officials of all government departments to respond to the needs of the people and make the government facilities accessible to citizens. “The state government continues to fulfill the promises made to the people and has provided financial benefits to crores of people in a very short period. The guarantee schemes of Karnataka are models for the entire nation,” Rao said.
“Title deeds have been handed today to more than 177 people in Bantwal taluk to ensure security of land for the owners. The process will continue and more number of people will be provided title deeds for their sites,” he said.
Bantwal MLA Rajesh Nayak, who presided over the programme on Wednesday, directed the government officers to respect the needs of the locals, especially the citizens belonging to financially backward classes, and work at fulfilling the valid requests.
The district in-charge minister received more than 100 petitions, including 74 from residents of Bantwal taluk, in relation to various issues. The people are learned to have asked for a closure of the BC Road toll gate on the National Highway 75. They also urged the minister to ensure the conversion of the Udupi-Kasaragod power transmission line into underground of via sea route for safety of the people. A demand was also made to provide more doctors at the government hospitals, widening of the Vitla-Saradka stretch, construction of an electric sub-station at Kudupadavu and construction of a new bridge across River Nethravathi at Panemangalore.
Dinesh Gundu Rao, who earlier inspected the work on the Polali bridge on the outskirts of Mangaluru, told reporters in Bantwal, “PWD officers have been directed to complete the work prior to May and open it for all traffic before the onset of monsoon. The state government is also examining a proposal for the construction of a new bridge at Polali.”
Referring to sand extraction near the pillars of the bridge, the minister opined, “Stopping illegal mining of sand is difficult as many people will be involved in it. Officials have been directed to install CCTV cameras in the area to keep a watch near the pillars and curb illegal extraction of sand within 500-metre radius of the pillars.”
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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.
