DK, Udupi districts get Rs 3 crore each: RV Deshpande
Emergency relief for natural calamity
Relief works in Someshwara, Uchila, Ullal sea erosion inspected
Mangaluru, June 14: Revenue and Skills Development Minister RV Deshpande said that Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts which incurred heavy damage in the recent rains were released Rs 3 crore each to take up emergency relief works.
After inspecting the damages caused to a number of houses due to rain related incidents and consoling the affected people at Anegundi in Bijai of the city on Thursday, the Minister disbursed the cheques for Rs 1,01,900 each for house owners Bhavani and Anuradha.
Later he said that both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have incurred heavy loss due to rains. All deputy commissioners were directed to reserve Rs 5 crore for taking up relief measures during natural calamities and take up relief measures on war-footing. Hundreds of houses were damaged due to rain and falling of trees. Government and private properties were also damaged. In order to take a stock of the situation, he has visited these districts, he said.
If a house is partially damaged in the rain-related incident, the compensation amount to be given to the victims is too less. But the government is thinking on how to increase this amount. Some people are in rented houses. But as per the norms, they would not get any relief. So, the government is thinking in all directions to help them on humanitarian ground, he said.
Problem was cropped up in Charmadi Ghats yesterday. Deputy Commissioner has already banned vehicular movement on the road. The restriction would be lifted soon after the road is cleared for movement, he said.
Minister inspected sea erosion retention works
Later, the Minister also visited Someshwara, Uchila and Ullala coastal area where retention works were taken up to check sea erosion. Urban Development Minister UT Khader, Mayor Bhaskar Moily, MLC Harish Kumar, DC Sasikumar Senthil, City Corporation Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer and others were present.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
