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The restobar astatine Dattagalli successful Mysuru progressive successful the occurrence mishap connected Monday that claimed 2 lives and near 7 persons injured did not person a licence to service liquor.
Minister for Urban Development Yathindra Siddaramaiah, who visited the occurrence mishap spot and the infirmary to conscionable the injured connected Tuesday, said that enactment would beryllium taken not lone against the edifice owners for operating a barroom without the required licence, but besides against the officials liable for turning a unsighted oculus to specified gross usurpation of rules.
Speaking to reporters here, Mr. Yathindra said the edifice situated connected the 2nd level did not person a licence to service liquor. Liquor was illegally being supplied to the edifice from the vino store operating connected the crushed floor, helium alleged.
An enquiry is nether way, and the Minister has recommended enactment against the Excise Department officials concerned. Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Lakshmikanth Reddy has been informed to suspend the Deputy Commissioner of Excise and nonstop him a study successful this regard.
To a question, Mr. Yathindra said the owners claimed to person submitted an exertion for a liquor licence, but the Excise Department had fixed them an acknowledgement for receipt of applicaiton, but had neither rejected the exertion nor issued the licence.
Mr. Yathindra said helium had received accusation astir amerciable serving of liquor successful galore restaurants on the Ring Road successful Mysuru.
Hence, helium has issued directions to the constabulary to behaviour a thrust against specified establishments and cheque whether the outlets serving liquor person due licences. The constabulary person been instructed to instrumentality enactment against the establishments that were illegally serving liquor successful restaurants successful connivance with the Excise Department officials.
Fire safety
Pointing retired that the restobar, Maara, did not person occurrence information measures, Mr. Yathindra said the edifice was acceptable up connected an African taxable utilizing a batch of inflammable worldly similar writer and bamboo.
“There were nary occurrence information measures. Fire had dispersed rapidly aft a abbreviated circuit,” helium said portion uncovering responsibility with the Fire and Emergency Services officials for allowing specified an constitution to run without taking indispensable occurrence information measures.
The Deputy Commissioner has been informed to instrumentality indispensable enactment against the officials from Fire and Emergency Services successful this regard. The Fire and Emergency Services officials should besides inspect commercialized complexes and cheque if they person indispensable occurrence information measures.
Mr. Yathindra held a gathering with officials to stitchery accusation astir the occurrence mishap and directed them to inspect each bars, restaurants and commercialized establishments successful Mysuru successful the adjacent 1 week and taxable a study connected their compliance with the licences and standards prescribed by the government.
He besides instructed them to instrumentality precautions to guarantee that specified occurrence accidents bash not recur.
Apart from Deputy Commissioner Lakshmikanth Reddy, the gathering was attended by Mysuru City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, Mysuru City Corporation Commissioner Sheikh Tanveer Asif and Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladandi.
