Rice for February, March to be distributed together under Anna Bhagya Scheme
Kolar: Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa said that the Karnataka government will distribute rice for both February and March together under the Anna Bhagya scheme. He added that instructions have already been sent to distributors regarding this plan.
Muniyappa explained that the Union government has agreed to supply rice to the state at a price of Rs 22.5 per kg. In addition, the state will incur a transportation cost of Rs 2.50 per kg, making the total cost of each kilogram of rice Rs 25, as reported by The New Indian Express on Monday.
Under the Anna Bhagya scheme, the state requires 2.10 lakh tonnes of rice each month, benefiting approximately 4 crore people.
The minister highlighted that the government's five guarantee schemes and various development projects across Karnataka have proven beneficial for the people. “Opposition parties had made a hue and cry, stating that there were no funds for development works in the state as the entire funds were going for the five guarantees,” Muniyappa was quoted as saying by TNIE.
He remarked that the opposition has fallen silent upon seeing the development works of the Congress government and is no longer making any statements.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
