Malpe boat drowns at Ratnagiri deep seas: 7 fishermen rescued
Udupi: A boat from Malpe that was fishing in the Ratnagiri deep seas in Maharashtra, reportedly drowned in the sea but the seven fishermen on board were rescued in time.
The boat known as Divya Shakthi belonging to Kadekar Padukere resident Bhagwaan Das Kotian had ventured out into the sea to do deep-sea fishing with seven fishermen on board from Malpe on April 10. On April 13, around 9.30 pm, the fishermen were fishing at the Ratnagiri deep seas in Maharashtra when a solid object floating in the sea reportedly rammed into the front portion of the boat.
The front portion of the boat was damaged in the impact causing the water to seep into the boat. The fishermen on board immediately reached out to the Neelaadri and Suvarna Chaaya boats nearby and informed them of their predicament.
The folks from the two boats then arrived and rescued the fishermen from the damaged vessel. Later, a report was filed on April 17 at the Malpe Coast Guard Police station about the Divya Shakthi boat drowning in the deep seas, it is learned.
The rescued fishermen were reportedly brought to the Malpe port.
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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.
