Twitter campaign for Tulu gets support from politicians
Mangaluru, June 14: A Twitter campaign demanding official language status for Tulu launched by various Tulu organisations on Sunday received support from politicians and the public in the coastal belt.
Launched with the hashtag #TuluOfficialinKA_KL, the campaign began from 6 AM on Sunday till midnight.
The organisations, including 'Jai Tulunad', took up the campaign to urge both Kerala and Karnataka to declare Tulu as an official language.
Backing the campaign, Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP State president Nalin Kumar Kateel tweeted in Tulu saying, Efforts and talks are on to include Tulu in the eighth schedule. A few technical issues need to be sorted out. All efforts will be made to announce Tulu as official language during our tenure itself."
Former MLC Ganesh Karnik, in his tweet, said, Lets all be proud Tuluvas with our distinct identity, our unique culture, our entrepreneurship and all our all-inclusive live and let live philosophy of co-existence with people speaking many languages.
Tulu language is our mother tongue. Every one of us want Tulu to get official language status, tweeted Vedavyas Kamath, MLA.
Mangalore city north MLA Bharath Shetty, in his tweet, said Tulu, the language of coastal Karnataka, has a rich oral tradition and historical, cultural significance.
Dakshina Kannada district-in-Charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary tweeted saying he supported the demand of the people of Tulunadu to get special status for Tulu.
Tulu is not only a language but also a culture and tradition with a history of its own, he said.
More than 2.5 lakh people tweeted in support of the campaign during the day.
ಒಂಜಾತ್ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ದೋಷಲೆನ್ ಸರಿ ಮಲ್ತ್ದ್ ನಮ್ಮ ಅವಧಿಡ್ ತುಲು ಬಾಸೆಗ್ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಬಾಸೆ ಪನ್ಪುನ ಮಾನಾದಿಗೆ ಕೊರ್ಪಾವ. (2)#TuluofficialinKA_KL #ತುಳುನಾಡು #ತುಳುಭಾಷೆ #TuluTo8thSchedule
— Nalinkumar Kateel (@nalinkateel) June 13, 2021
#TuluOfficialinKA_KL #Tulu #TuluTo8thSchedule
— Capt Ganesh Karnik ?? (@GaneshKarnik) June 13, 2021
One of the most beautiful place on the Arabia coast with vibrant multi linguistic culture, Tulu being a common language spoken by everyone, is an ideal example of co-existence for centuries. A model region developed by self enterprise pic.twitter.com/jmdXx9sy0p
ಸಾರ ಸತ್ಯೋಲು ನೆಲೆ ಆಯಿನ ಪಂಚವರ್ಣದ ಪುಂಚೊದ ಮಣ್ಣ್ದ ಪುಗರ್ತೆದ ತುಳುಭಾಷೆ ಎನ್ನ ಅಪ್ಪೆಭಾಷೆ. ತುಲು ಬಾಸೆಗ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಾನಾದಿಗೆ ತಿಕ್ಕೊಡು ಪನ್ಪಿಂಚಿ ಆಸೆ ನಮ್ಮವು.#TuluofficialinKA_KL #tulunaad #ತುಳುವಿಗೆ_ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ_ಅಧಿಕೃತ_ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ_ಬೇಕು #ತುಳುನಾಡು #ತುಳುಭಾಷೆ #TuluTo8thSchedule
— Vedavyas Kamath (@vedavyasbjp) June 13, 2021
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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.
