Udupi: Government offices to observe 'No AC Day' on every Monday: Deputy Commissioner Hepsiba Rani
Udupi: District Deputy Commissioner Hepsiba Rani on Thursday issued orders to all the government offices in the District to observe ‘No AC Day’ on every Monday asking the officials to switch off the Air Conditioners in their offices on Monday to contribute in curbing global warming.
She announced the move when she was taking public transport to commute on Thursday along with Additional Deputy Commissioner Vidya Kumari and other officials.
She added that the comes in as the theme of this year’s World Environment Day was ‘Air pollution’ and said that it will bring down the omission of Carbondioxide in the air and will also contribute towards curbing air pollution and rise in temperatures.
The officials of District Administration has resolved to take public transport to commute to the offices on every Thursday as she spoke to reporters on second such Thursday on June 6.
She also urged the employees of private entities and companies to join the initiative to observe such environment friendly causes once in a week and added that it would make a lot of impact on the environment.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
