Nalin Kumar Kateel assures all students of Dakshina Kannada stuck in Ukraine will return safe
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP Karnataka Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday visited the families of two Mangaluru students who were stuck in Ukraine but were later evacuated to Romania.
Speaking to the families of the students Anusha and Sakshi Sudhakar here in Bejai, Kateel added that all the other students will also be evacuated and that he is in constant touch with the students in Ukraine.
According to the government data, 12 out of 18 students of Dakshina Kannada who are stuck in Ukraine, are from Mangaluru.
“Some of them have been evacuated and have already left for India while some are still stuck in bunkers,” Kateel said adding that the government will take every necessary action to ensure the safe evacuation of all the students.
Urging the families to stay strong, Kateel also expressed condolences to the family of Naveen, a Karnataka student who was killed in Ukraine on Tuesday.
Kateel stated that Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai has appointed the nodal officer for further enquiries. He added that the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, and Minister of External Affairs Jai Shankar are also doing the needful in bringing the Indian students back home.
Vedavyaasa Kamath, Member of Legislative Assembly, Jagadeesh Shenava, Vijay Kumar Shetty, and others were present during Kateel’s visit to the families of students.
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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.
