Bengaluru: Minister Ramalinga Reddy inaugurates 'Gandhi Point', new canteen for BMTC staff members
Bengaluru: As a 'special treat' for its staff members on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Monday, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) launched 'Gandhi Point', a canteen to provide the staff food at discount rates, with Karnataka Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy inaugurating the café at the Depot 4 in Jayanagar.
The new canteen, which carries the tagline, 'Independent Food Service', has also been launched on the occasion of BMTC silver jubilee this year and is meant to ensure the food provided is both nutritious and hygienic.
Minister Reddy, addressing the gathering at the inaugural, "The BMTC is also working at providing a new canteen at the Kempegowda Bus Station (Majestic), which is at the heart of the city and therefore will benefit the staff members of all four transport houses. While 'Gandhi Point' has now been opened at the Jayanagar Depot, canteens that provide nutritious food at discount rates will be opened in other depots of the BMTC too."
It may be recalled that the efforts of the BMTC at providing accident insurance worth crores of rupees for its staff members have been appreciated greatly by the employees. The BMTC staff members have also supported the new facility of providing food at low rates at 'Gandhi Point', lauding it as an employee-friendly effort on the part of the BMTC.
Keerthichandra, BMTC (South Division) Controlling Officer, Ravindra, Jayanagar Depot 4 Manager and the Depot staff members were present at the inaugural of the canteen.
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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.
