CM Siddaramaiah urges people to use green crackers to check pollution, avoid fire accidents
Bengaluru, Nov 12: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday appealed to people of the state to use only green crackers to avoid fire accidents, and check pollution that can complicate the health of patients with respiratory and cardio-related ailments.
Greeting people on the occasion of Deepavali, he said the festival symoblises the journey from darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge.
The CM, however, advised people to be cautious while handling crackers in order to avoid any untoward incident due to carelessness.
Siddaramaiah reminded people to use only green crackers.
"The state government has given permission to use green crackers to check air and sound pollution, and fire accidents. Various chemicals used in the crackers lead to many health complications," Siddaramaiah said in a video message.
"The air and sound pollution cause severe health hazard to those suffering from asthma, lung and heart diseases. Birds and animals undergo silent pain. Hence, I appeal to the citizens that they must use only green crackers," he added.
Siddaramaiah's message on crackers came against the backdrop of a major fire in a cracker godown-cum-shop at Attibele, the border town of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on the outskirts of Bengaluru on October 8, which killed 14 people.
Every year, many people, especially children get eye injuries while bursting crackers.
ಬೆಳಕಿನ ಹಬ್ಬ ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಅಜ್ಞಾನದ ಅಂಧಕಾರ ತೊಡೆದು ಸುಜ್ಞಾನದ ಬೆಳಕು ಹರಿಸಲಿ ಎಂದು ಹಾರೈಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) November 12, 2023
ಹಣತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆಳಗಿ, ಹಸಿರು ಪಟಾಕಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರವೇ ಸಿಡಿಸಿ ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿ ದೀಪಾವಳಿಯನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಿ.
ನಾಡಿನ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜನತೆಗೆ ದೀಪಾವಳಿಯ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು.
- ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ @siddaramaiah#ದೀಪಾವಳಿ #Deepavali pic.twitter.com/ZaeN6JmW9s
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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.
