#Kamala Mills Tragedy

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The Cost Of Profit

When you break the glass ceiling,

and sit amid those who call the shots,

when you talk of millions and billions,

and consider how to best spend them,

so they would swell even more...

... without ever trickling down

where they are most needed

... and from where they were stolen—

because how else does a starving nation

boast of billionaires and barons;

Do you think of

the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal?

or the Uphaar Cinema of Delhi?

or Mumbai's Kamala Mills?

or, perhaps, in your world,

tragedies happen only to others.

When you advise the new "dreamer"

to cut his costs to grow his enterprise,

when you reduce human beings to numbers—

Do you know then, that you are also preparing,

to reduce human beings to cinders?

For every corner cut, and an extra buck saved,

whose life did you use as a poker chip?

Those places of profit and privilege,

those places of greed and grind,

those places of money and might...

are graveyards waiting to be filled with corpses—

Ours, in a land where justice is a joke,

and Yours, in a land where ghosts still seek it!

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Top Court Allows Kamala Mills Co-Owner Ravi Surajmal Bhandari To Withdraw Plea Against Arrest

Top Court Allows Kamala Mills Co-Owner Ravi Surajmal Bhandari To Withdraw Plea Against Arrest

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The co-owner of Kamala Mills has said he cannot be held liable for the fire

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court today allowed a co-owner of Mumbai’s Kamala Mills to withdraw his petition challenging his arrest in the case related to the fire tragedy in the building complex that had claimed 14 lives last December.

The top court granted liberty to Ravi Surajmal…

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Reality of Mumbai Tragedies

Mumbai ..

The city of dreams for entire India. This city is a world in its own and never fails to mesmerize non-locals with its sea-shore, super rich residential areas, Bollywood and its relentless race with ticking clock and famous ‘Mumbai Spirit’.

Unfortunately, the story of this ever glittering city is not all gold. This city has seen bomb blasts in 1993, followed by communal riots. Rise and…

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Hema Malini blames ‘overpopulation’ for Kamala Mills fire tragedy, Twitter loses it

Hema Malini blames ‘overpopulation’ for Kamala Mills fire tragedy, Twitter loses it – The actress-MP’s comments about the tragic incident drew flak and trolls in equal measure on Twitter.

Mumbai: The fire that broke out at Kamala Mills in Mumbai claimed 14 lives late Thursday and drew attention to various important issues.

The incident has prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to go on…

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Last year, in just a short span of 6 months, Mumbai alone witnessed 12 major reported fires which claimed 22 lives. From the Kamala Mills tragedy to the Maimoon Building fire in Marol, despite major incidents, history continued to repeat itself.

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Uproar in Maharashtra Assembly over Kamala Mills fire, Fadnavis blames Congress, NCP for tragedy Uproar in Maharashtra Assembly over Kamala Mills fire, Fadnavis blames Congress, NCP for tragedy Uproar in Maharashtra Assembly over Kamala Mills fire, Fadnavis blames Congress, NCP for tragedy…

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SC upholds bangalore police order: ‘Restaurants with live band, discos should obtain licence’

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By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published: January 26, 2018 12:30 am

The bench referred to the Mumbai and Uphaar tragedies in this connection. (Picture for representation)

CITING THE loss of lives in the recent blaze in the Kamala Mills Compound in Mumbai and the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy in Delhi, the Supreme Court…

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#KamalaMills Fire: Co-Owner Of #Mojo's #Bistro #Pub Surrenders In #Mumbai #Mumbai: The co-owner of Mumbai's Mojo's Bistro, one of the two resto-pubs where a deadly fire swallowed 14 lives, surrendered before the police this morning. Yug Tuli, a Nagpur-based businessman, had been on the run since the fire on December 29 that brought to fore the brazen violations of fire safety norms at Kamala Mills compound and elsewhere in the crowded city. "We have arrested Yug Tuli, after he surrendered before police today at NM Joshi Marg police station," S Jaykumar, Additional Commissioner of Police ( Central ) told news agency Press Trust of India. He will be produced before a court today, he added. Yug Pathak, son of former police commissioner of Pune KK Pathak, and Yug Tuli's partner at Mojo's Bistro, was arrested earlier this month. All three owners of 1 Above, the second pub where most of the deaths were reported, were also taken into custody on January 10. A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been registered against them. The Mumbai Police had initially filed a case against the management of 1 Above, but later added the names of the owners of Mojo's Bistro. 1 Above and Mojo's Bistro are located on the rooftop Kamala Mills. According to the probe by the fire department, the fire started at Mojo's Bistro and spread to 1 Above. The report added that flying embers from the charcoal used for hookahs reached the curtains at the upscale pub. The restaurant didn't have clearance to serve sheesha. Both restaurants had illegal structures and flouted fire safety norms, the fire department said. The doctors attending to fire victims had said that all those who lost their lives had died due to suffocation. The late night tragedy that left at least 55 injured prompted the government to order a crackdown on similar structures across the city. (at Mojo's Bistro)

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MUMBAI: The Kamala Mills compound blaze that claimed 14 lives has shaken the conscience of society and is an eye-opener, the Bombay high court said today, and held that the tragedy was a result of the administration’s failure to ensure strict adherence...

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Kamala Mill fire tragedy: Mojo's Bitsro director Yug Tuli denied anticipatory bail http://dlvr.it/Q9Xw7k

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Fire Breaks Out In Bar In Bengaluru, 5 Killed

After the tragedy that occurred at Kamala Mills, rooftop bars & restaurants around the country are cleaning up their act in regards to fire safety violations. However, in a tragic turn of events, 5 employees of a restaurant/bar in Bengaluru were charred to death after a major fire broke out at Kumbaara Sangha building in Kalasipalya here in the early hours today, police said.

Cause For Fire Unknown

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After Kamala Mills fire tragedy, massive fire breaks out at Cinevista Studio, Kanjurmarg

[ad_1] A few days ago Mumbai faced a tragedy at Kamala Mills where fire broke out in a rooftop restaurant and spread quickly affecting several offices and restaurants nearby. Another major fire broke out at Cinevista Studio in Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg area, today evening at around 8pm due to a reported short circuit.  A source revealed to The Indian Express, “The disaster happened at about 8 pm and…

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After Kamala Mills fire tragedy, massive fire breaks out at Cinevista Studio, Kanjurmarg

A few days ago Mumbai faced a tragedy at Kamala Mills where fire broke out in a rooftop restaurant and spread quickly affecting several offices and restaurants nearby. Another major fire broke out at Cinevista Studio in Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg area, today evening at around 8pm due to a reported short circuit.  A source revealed to The Indian Express, “The disaster happened at about 8 pm and fire…

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Petition Seeks CBI Probe Into Mumbai Pub Tragedy, via NDTV News - India-news : An 18-year-old student today approached the Bombay High Court, seeking a CBI investigation into the December 29 fire tragedy at an upscale pub at Kamala Mills compound in central Mumbai in which 14... http://bit.ly/2Cm77in

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Mumbai: Structures at 314 sites demolished in post-blaze crackdown

In a major crackdown, civic officials in Mumbai on Saturday demolished illegal structures at 314 sites and sealed seven hotels, a day after a blaze in an upscale pub claimed 14 lives.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) initiated an inspection drive of 624 restaurants, eateries and malls across the city and its suburbs and razed illegal, unauthorised structures at 314 sites, the civic body said in a release.

"The BMC has sealed seven hotels and seized around 417 LPG cylinders during the action," it said.

Meanwhile, a senior police official said lookout notices were on Saturday issued against Hitesh Sanghvi and Jigar Sanghvi, co-owners of '1 Above', the ill-fated Lower Parel pub where the fire took place. It was run by 'C Grade Hospitality'.

The police had on Friday booked the Sanghvi brothers, another co-owner Abhijeet Manka and others in connection with the case. Giving details of the inspection drive, BMC spokesperson Ram Dotonde said as many as 1,000 officials and employees of the civic body had hit the streets and become a part of the exercise.

"The unauthorised hotels and restaurants, not only in central Mumbai, but also those located in the distant suburbs, such as Malad and Mulund, are facing action," Dotonde said.

A major portion of the popular Zaffran Hotel, located opposite the police headquarters in south Mumbai, was removed, he added.

"There are 24 wards in Mumbai and each has three teams personally inspecting all the restaurants, pubs, food joints and eateries. Each team has 10 members, including officials from the health and administration departments and inspectors," he said.

Once the team finds an unauthorised structure, it is brought down immediately, Dotonde said.

The civic administration has asked its entire staff to remain on duty. Leave and weekly offs of the staff of several departments, including the anti-encroachment department, have been cancelled and they have been given a detailed list of restaurants and pubs, where violations were found during the preliminary inspection, he said.

The other areas where the drive was carried out included Shivaji Park, Mulund, Dahisar, Malad, the Parsi Gymkhana near Marine Lines, Grant Road, Andheri and Ghatkopar.

The civic body has also directed its officials to form teams to ensure that restaurants and bars follow the safety norms, in view of the New Year parties.

Early in the morning, the civic teams removed the illegal roofs of two restaurants -- "Skyview Cafe" and 'Social' at Kamala Mills as also encroachments of "Pranay", "Fumes" and "Sheesha Sky Lounge" at Raghuvanshi Mills in the same locality, BMC officials said.

However, a spokesperson from the Social restaurant said in a late night clarification that it had faced no such action, and there was probably a "miscommunication" by the civic authorities.

Civic chief Ajoy Mehta, in a message to all the BMC assistant municipal commissioners and deputy commissioners, said all zonal deputy commissioners and ward officers were asked to form teams comprising the staff of the building and factory departments, medical health officer and the fire department.

The teams will inspect all the restaurants in their respective wards and ensure that they are fire-compliant, the message said.

The premises should have fire-escape routes, staircases and open spaces, free from encroachment, it added.

After the blaze, the BMC had on Friday suspended five officials for "dereliction of duty".

A fire brigade official said they were trying to ascertain what exactly had triggered the inferno.

"We are probing if the flames created during a fire-stunt by a bartender at the pub came in contact with plastic sheets that covered the bamboo structure and triggered the blaze. We are also trying to find out whether the burning coal used for hookah at the adjacent restaurant led to the tragedy," he said.

"We are also taking into consideration all other possibilities, including that of a short-circuit," he added.

The massive fire that had swept through the pub left 14 people dead and 21 injured. The same central Mumbai area -- a former textile mill district, now dotted by swanky glass-and-concrete towers -- had witnessed the death of 23 people in a stampede at a railway over bridge on September 29.

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Mumbai pub tragedy: FIRs lodged, ‘look-out notices’ issued, demolition drive on (Lead) Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Cracking the whip in wake of the blaze in Kamala Mills Compound which left 14 dead and 55 injured, the Mumbai police on Saturday lodged three new FIRs against various pub owners and issued a lookout notice for the absconders while the BMC began demolishing illegal constructions, officials said.