City Improvement Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Tuesday visited Maara, the restaurant at Dattagalli in Mysuru, the place two lives had been claimed in a hearth accident.
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The restobar at Dattagalli in Mysuru concerned within the fireplace mishap on Monday that claimed two lives and left seven individuals injured didn’t have a licence to serve liquor.
Minister for City Improvement Yathindra Siddaramaiah, who visited the hearth accident spot and the hospital to satisfy the injured on Tuesday, mentioned that motion could be taken not solely in opposition to the restaurant homeowners for working a bar with out the required licence, but in addition in opposition to the officers liable for turning a blind eye to such gross violation of guidelines.
Chatting with reporters right here, Mr. Yathindra mentioned the restaurant located on the second ground didn’t have a licence to serve liquor. Liquor was illegally being provided to the restaurant from the wine retailer working on the bottom ground, he alleged.
An inquiry is underneath method, and the Minister has really helpful motion in opposition to the Excise Division officers involved. Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Lakshmikanth Reddy has been knowledgeable to droop the Deputy Commissioner of Excise and ship him a report on this regard.
To a query, Mr. Yathindra mentioned the homeowners claimed to have submitted an software for a liquor licence, however the Excise Division had given them an acknowledgement for receipt of applicaiton, however had neither rejected the applying nor issued the licence.
Mr. Yathindra mentioned he had obtained details about unlawful serving of liquor in lots of eating places alongside the Ring Highway in Mysuru.
Therefore, he has issued instructions to the police to conduct a drive in opposition to such institutions and verify whether or not the retailers serving liquor possess applicable licences. The police have been instructed to take motion in opposition to the institutions that had been illegally serving liquor in eating places in connivance with the Excise Division officers.
Hearth security
Declaring that the restobar, Maara, didn’t have fireplace security measures, Mr. Yathindra mentioned the restaurant was arrange on an African theme utilizing quite a lot of inflammable materials like grass and bamboo.
“There have been no fireplace security measures. Hearth had unfold quickly after a brief circuit,” he mentioned whereas discovering fault with the Hearth and Emergency Providers officers for permitting such an institution to function with out taking crucial fireplace security measures.
The Deputy Commissioner has been knowledgeable to take crucial motion in opposition to the officers from Hearth and Emergency Providers on this regard. The Hearth and Emergency Providers officers must also examine industrial complexes and verify if they’ve crucial fireplace security measures.
Mr. Yathindra held a gathering with officers to assemble details about the hearth accident and directed them to examine all bars, eating places and industrial institutions in Mysuru within the subsequent one week and submit a report on their compliance with the licences and requirements prescribed by the federal government.
He additionally instructed them to take precautions to make sure that such fireplace accidents don’t recur.
Aside from Deputy Commissioner Lakshmikanth Reddy, the assembly was attended by Mysuru Metropolis Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, Mysuru Metropolis Company Commissioner Sheikh Tanveer Asif and Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladandi.
Printed – June 16, 2026 07:04 pm IST
