8 TMC water released from Tungabhadra Dam; BJP leaders to inspect dam
Vijayanagar: Following the damage to the 19th crust gate of the Tungabhadra dam, efforts are underway to repair the structure, which has led to the release of 8 TMC feet of water from the dam.
Given the extensive time required to install a permanent new gate, a decision has been made to temporarily use a 'stop log gate.' Nearly half of the dam's water needs to be drained for this installation, and the priority has been to manage the dam's water levels.
Currently, about 1 lakh cusecs of water is being released into the river daily, with an inflow rate of 25 thousand cusecs. This has caused a reduction in the dam's storage from 105.78 TMC feet on Saturday night to 97.75 TMC by Monday.
The board had earlier warned that 1.50 lakh cusecs of water would be released starting Monday.
In response to this situation, a delegation of BJP leaders, including state president B.Y. Vijayendra, opposition leader R. Ashok, and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, is scheduled to visit the Tungabhadra Dam today at 12:30 pm for an inspection.
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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.
