Chikkaballapur Dalit couple allegedly refused Temple hall for wedding: Notice issued to Trust
Chikkaballapur: Activists of Dalit organizations have complained to the tahsildar against the manager of a temple under the Muzrai Department here for refusing to rent the temple hall for the wedding of a couple belonging to Scheduled Caste.
The activists have urged the tahsildar to take action against the manager of Sri Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy Temple near Santhe Maidan in town.
The tahsildar, in response has issued a show cause notice to the manager of the Temple Development Trust, said sources.
The wedding of Mahesh of Bagepalli taluk and Venkatalakshmi, daughter of Venkatarayappa of Brahmanarahalli in Chikkaballapur taluk and belonging to Scheduled Caste, was reportedly fixed for Thursday, November 3. A fortnight before the wedding, the bride’s brothers met Machavalahalli Venkatarayappa, secretary of the Temple Trust, requesting the secretary to rent the wedding hall of the Temple for Venkatalakshmi’s wedding. The secretary said that the hall had been rented out for another function on the same date. On checking, however, no event was found organized on Thursday at the hall.
The wedding troupe, therefore, reached the Temple on Thursday to carry out the ceremony in the front yard, but found the wedding hall as well as the Temple locked, the sources added.
A complaint was filed with the tahsildar, accusing the Temple Trust of rejecting a request for the hall on rent as the would-be couple belonged to Scheduled Caste although the hall was free on the day, and although the Temple was under the Muzrai Department.
Machavalahalli Venkatarayappa has reportedly been sent a show cause notice from the tahsildar’s office. He has been asked to clarify in writing within three days since the Temple belonged to the Muzrai Department but the action of the Trust was objectionable. The manager has also been warned that legal action would be taken if he failed to explain the Trust action.
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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.
