Time extended till July 30 to apply: Minister Khader
Survey of house-sites less people
Bengaluru, July 06: Housing Minister UT Khader said that a survey was being conducted to collect the data of house and sites less people in the state and last date for submitting applications was extended to July 30.
Giving a statement in the Assembly Session here on Friday, the Minister said that the Indira Awas Yojana was changed into the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana and under this scheme, total 15 lakh house and sites less people were identified in the state.
Officials are responsible
PDOs and village accountants would conduct the survey and identify the house and sites less people and upload the applications to the website. Each application would be given Rs 100. They were strictly instructed not to leave any of the deserving beneficiaries. If the deserving candidates were left out in the survey, then the officials concerned would be held responsible, he warned.
This survey would be conducted under the guidance of the Zilla Panchayat CEO and the taluk panchayat EO. The central government was contributing Rs 72000 and the state government was giving Rs 42000 for the housing scheme. However, under Basava Housing Scheme, Rs 1.20 lakh was being given to the beneficiary, he added.
Housing policy a must
When BJP members Araga Jnanendra, KG Bopaiah and others rose to highlight the problems of the housing schemes, Speaker Ramesh Kumar said that a comprehensive housing policy was the need of the hour. All poor people, irrespective of any political affiliation, should be provided shelter. In the previous government, a committee was constituted and given some guidelines and he was also one of the members in that committee. It was introduced in his Srinivaspura constituency on pilot basis and it was a success. So, if it was extended to the entire state, there would be no housing problem. “As we are in the midst of the people, we should not divide the people on political reasons. Deserving beneficiaries should be identified and reach the government benefits”, he 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.
