Mangaluru: Now get your Umrah Visa issued within 24 hours
Mangaluru: Saudi Government on 21 April started issuing hassle free e-visa for Umrah pilgrims that will ensure the Umrah aspirants gets their visas issued within 24 hours against what otherwise would take 10-12 days.
In this convenient process of issuing visa the Saudi Ministry approved travel agents will be able to issue visa in a time period of less than 24 hours after applying with relevant documents and requirements.
In Mangaluru, Suhana Travels located at Falnir is an authorised agent by the Saudi Government to issue such visas.
Speaking to Varthabharati on Friday, Syed Ansar Thangal, Proprietor, Suhana Travels informed that the e-visa process will prove to be very convenient for the Umrah aspirant as visas will be issued within 24 hours of applying.
“Earlier, it used to take 10-12 days to get an Umrah visa approved. After receiving the application we would send it to Embassies in Mumbai or Delhi and after receiving approval from there, it would go for further process. Now the process has been shortened and e-visa will be issued in as less as an hour or maximum within 24 hours” Ansar said.
“What is more important is, it will have no additional cost. The visa will be available at the same cost as earlier. Just that only authorised agents can issue it” he added.
Umrah aspirants can walk up to these authorised agents with their passports, photographs and Mahram proofs and get the visas issued.
However, a repeater charge of 2000 Saudi Riyals will continue to be charged for those applying for Umrah visa within two years of performing their last Umrah, Ansar informed.
“We are very grateful to the Saudi Ministry for coming up such a convenient and hassle free process for issuing Umrah visa. We are also delighted to be one of the authorised agents in the city and look forward to offering this services to our customers to make their pilgrim easy” Ansar added.
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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.
