9 Bills approved in Council: Session adjourned sine die
Winter Session
Belagavi, Dec 21: The Legislative Council Session was held for ten days from December 10 to 21. The Council has approved total nine Bills which were approved by the Assembly. After receiving 47 questions, 22 were answered during Zero Hour, said Council Chairman K Pratap Chandra Shetty, who announced the adjournment of the Session sine die.
When the Session started at 11 am, Opposition members staged dharna demanding time for discussing North Karnataka development issue. At this time, the Council Chairman adjourned the Session till 12 noon. When the Session resumed after 12 noon, amidst the protest from Opposition members, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, House leader Dr Jayamala and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byre Gowda presented two Bills which were approved in the Assembly, and got approval in the Council.
In this Session, 1347 questions were received. Among them, 123 questions were answered and answers were presented to 27 questions. Out of 1197 questions without dot signs, 889 questions were presented in the House. Under Rule 58, three suggestions were received during half an hour discussion. Under Rule 72, 224 suggestions were received and eight were answered and out of remaining 216 suggestions, answers were presented in the House for 41 suggestions. Under Rule 330, 105 suggestions were received and seven suggestions were discussed and answered in the Session and for 19 suggestions, answers were presented, he said.
Under Rule 59, three suggestions were received and among them, two were converted into Rule 68 and given the answers. Under Rule 68, two suggestions were received, said Council Chairman K Pratap Chandra Shetty.
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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.
