Kasargod all set for polling day for Lok Sabha elections
10,11,031 eligible voters in the constituency for Tuesday's poll day
Kasargod: Kasargod is all set to go into polling for Lok Sabha Election on Tuesday with 10,11,031 eligible voters set to exercise their voting right from across the constituency.
The 968 polling booths in the constituency are also well equipped to go into the polling day on Tuesday and adequate materials and equipments have been provided to the booths.
Training was provided at Kasargod Government College and Padnekad Nehru College to the staffs who have been appointed for election duty.
The district has a total of 10,11,031 voters out of which 5,15,942 are female voters and 4,95,088 are male voters. 24,859 new voters will also cast votes for first time.
All the polling booths have been equipped with VVPAT machines with other basic facilities as directed by the Election Commission of India.
A lot of curiosity has gripped the constituency going into this Lok Sabha Election, as the constituency was a bastion of the CPM led LDF for over 30 years and has been led by LDF. This time around UDF led by Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are also expected to bag good number of votes in the constituency.
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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.
