Karnataka Home Minister directs DGP to investigate Chamrajnagar Hospital incident
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that he has directed the Director-General of Police (DGP) to obtain a comprehensive report on the deaths of COVID patients that occurred in the Chamarajanagar district COVID hospital on Sunday night allegedly due to a shortage of oxygen.
After commencing the Chemical spraying program conducted by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services in Bengaluru, Minister Bommai addressed the press and informed them about the development.
“Reports have come in that COVID patients in Chamarajanagar died due to oxygen shortage in the hospital. However, to verify on what was the real reason for all their death, I have ordered an investigation and a subsequent submission of a comprehensive report on the matter. This is an extremely distressing incident. This should not have happened”, he said while expressing regret over the incident.
“I have ordered the officials to visit the scene of the incident and conduct an investigation so the truth about the incident can come out. After receiving their report, further actions will be undertaken”, he said.
“The request for oxygen is increasing in the state. Despite that, we are meeting the oxygen requirements of all the hospitals within our limit. In this manner, we are trying to deal with this situation to the best we can”, Bommai said.
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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.
