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The Madhya Pradesh government is under fire for criminal negligence, which led to 10 deaths from water contamination.
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00:00Good evening, hello and welcome to the news today, your primetime destination news,
00:06newsmakers talking points Friday night.
00:08Ahead of the weekend, we've got two big stories coming tonight.
00:12The Indore tragedy, a special investigation that exposes the rot that lay within that
00:18led to water contamination deaths.
00:21Who will be held accountable?
00:23And we have a Goa expose.
00:25A month after the fire in a nightclub, now Shilpa Shetty's club under the scanner.
00:32We'll have two special investigations coming.
00:34But first, as always, it's time for the Nine Headlines at night.
00:40The Madhya Pradesh government is under fire for criminal negligence, which led to 10 deaths
00:45from water contamination.
00:49Madhya Pradesh High Court now wades in, orders immediate supply of clean water.
00:53India Today's report exposes contaminated water is still flowing into homes.
01:02Another India Today exclusive.
01:04An investigation revealed Shilpa Shetty's nightclub still running in Goa despite a demolition
01:10notice in October.
01:11Many other clubs that were shut down after the fire in the birch now are back again functioning
01:18without due permissions.
01:19After India Today's report on misuse of growth by users to create obscene images, central government
01:29swings into action, directs X to take down obscene content on the platform.
01:34After taking oath as New York City's mayor, Zoran Mamdani pens a heartfelt note for 2020 Delhi
01:44riots accused Omar Khalid says he often thinks of Omar Khalid's words on bitterness.
01:50The BJP says Mamdani should not interfere in India's domestic politics.
01:55Another controversy erupts after KKR's purchase of Bangladesh cricketer Mustafizu Rehman.
02:05A BJP leader calls SRK a traitor.
02:09Congress slams the BJP, defends the actor.
02:12Bulldozer rolls on the streets of Jaipur days after a stone-pelting incident.
02:19Rajasthan government's crackdown on stone-pelters, illegal encroachments, bulldozed in the Chomu
02:24area of Jaipur.
02:27A 19-year-old girl dies in Himachal Pradesh after ragging assault, sexual harassment on
02:32the college campus, police register case against three senior students and a professor.
02:36Infighting within Congress in Tamil Nadu ahead of elections, Congress MP Jyothi Mani criticizes
02:44her own party, says TN Congress, veering onto a path directly opposed to Rahul Gandhi's
02:49politics.
02:52Grap 3 curves lifted in Delhi's NCR region after air quality improves.
02:56However, Grap 1 and 2 norms will continue to remain in force.
03:06But tonight, we start with a story that we first raised a couple of days ago.
03:13A story that really reflects India's urban governance crisis.
03:18Indore, India's so-called cleanest city, is grappling with one of the country's dirtiest
03:24truths.
03:26Drinking water is not clean in several parts of India.
03:31Toxic water in taps, insects in drinking glasses, and lives lost to sheer negligence.
03:39At least 10 people have already died because of contaminated water in Indore, and the numbers
03:46could rise.
03:47The worrying thing is this is not an accident.
03:50This is criminal negligence.
03:52Because, as we will expose tonight, the indoor water tragedy, when citizens drank poison and
04:00the system looked away, could have easily been avoided.
04:05Despite repeated pleas by citizens who were drinking discolored water, no action was taken.
04:12A tender for a leaked pipeline was not acted upon for months on end.
04:17And worse still, arrogant ministers and mayors are now refusing to take any accountability.
04:27This is a story that in 2026 symbolizes what is actually wrong when it comes to urban governance.
04:36Without fixing it, you cannot build a Viksit Bharat.
04:41It's our ground report tonight by my colleague, Piyush Mishra.
04:47Abyan Sahu had a long life ahead of him.
05:01The six-month-old is the youngest victim of government's apathy in Indore.
05:08This is the story of Bhagirathpura, a locality in India's supposedly cleanest city, where several
05:14families are in mourning.
05:17A story where water that should sustain life is slowly putting it at risk.
05:21This is not a drought.
05:41Water is reaching homes.
05:43But residents say what's coming through the taps is unsafe.
05:46Houses here store water for use later, and this is the state of these tanks.
06:16The contamination is not sudden, but has been building up for weeks.
06:36You can see this is the main line.
06:43This is the main water line, the main boring water line, which people use for their daily
06:48purpose.
06:48And, you know, as of now, it has been blocked.
06:51But you can open it by using a few, you know, steps.
06:55And you can see as to how the water is coming out of this.
06:57You can see the kind of water people are forced to drink.
07:01This is the contaminated water, and this situation is persisting for the last many, many years.
07:07And there is no solution which is coming to the fore.
07:10Clean drinking water has now come at a cost, paid daily, by families already under strain.
07:30This is not water from a drain or river.
07:52This is municipal supply collected from household taps.
07:55People are forced to drink this contaminated water, which has insects swimming inside this
08:12water.
08:13And this is the reality of this area of indoor.
08:17You can see how insects are having their life here.
08:20Repeated complaints have brought no relief.
08:36And the impact is now being felt inside homes.
08:39We'll show you how the place which is used for storing water is completely contaminated.
09:03You can see how this is the place where people store water for drinking purpose, for cleaning
09:09purpose, for cooking food purpose.
09:11But this entire water is purely contaminated.
09:20Across neighborhoods, people report falling sick, suffering from stomach infections, weakness
09:26and skin irritation.
09:27After days of anger and rising concern, municipal officials finally reached affected areas.
09:36For Indor, this is no longer just about dirty water.
09:59It's about accountability, about public health and about how long a city can be forced to live
10:04with fear flowing from its taps.
10:08Bureau Report, India Today.
10:10A solid reality check from our reporter, Piyush Mishra.
10:18And Piyush Mishra confronted the Madhya Pradesh senior minister, Kailash Vijayvargya, who likes
10:23to build himself as the strong man of Indor.
10:26Remember earlier, the minister has been ignoring journalists and even talking back to them in
10:31Kailash Vijayvargya. This time, too, the minister refused to answer the question that Piyush posed
10:36to him. Listen in.
10:38Thank you, sir.
10:40Thank you, sir.
10:51foreign
11:21so let's raise the big questions on the water contamination deaths in indor criminal negligence
11:47by the administration is the government especially in madhya pradesh asleep at the wheel why can't the
11:53cleanest city supply clean water to its citizens will anyone be held accountable jawab dehi kiski
12:00that's going to be the top focus heman sharma chief editor prajatantra joins me his newspaper
12:05was the one of the first to cover the story ritesh inani is president indor high court bar association
12:11he's the one who's taken a public interest litigation on contaminated drinking water that's
12:17forced the high court to act now jitendra patwari jitu patwari's president mp congress also from indor
12:24former cabinet minister also with us manish bariyar he's leader of the bjp amulya nidhi national
12:30convener jan swasti abhiyan india manish i want to come to you first the fact is bjp leaders
12:37their official spokespersons or their or their leaders in madhya pradesh don't want to speak on
12:42this obviously they are too embarrassed kailash vijay vargie your strong man in madhya pradesh has
12:47asked questions he said ghanta and use words like that i want a straight answer from you uh manish
12:53do you accept that the political leadership needs to take some responsibility for these contamination
13:00deaths or not uh good evening to you and to my co-panelist uh it's a very unfortunate incident uh
13:09uh and i i think uh it's something which is very very uh uh concerning and distressing and my
13:15condolences to all the families uh obviously you know uh it was a localized failure uh there's no doubt
13:22on that and the buck stops there but at the same time i think the how you look at a government is from
13:28the response uh the government has taken the you know people have been sent to hospitals they've
13:34been treated uh one has tried to ensure that uh you know the quality of the water that was coming up
13:40so the response from administration was very very quick and most importantly the heads have rolled
13:46rajdeep ji it's not as if the heads have not rolled up one of the heads have rolled after people have died
13:51manish with due regard heads have rolled after people have died the fact is even in early december
13:57citizens in the area had complained about the quality of the water they were receiving
14:01there are even reports that for three months there was a tender that was to be put out for a leak
14:06pipeline the government did not act you're saying local administration is responsible there are
14:11officials but the entire administration is run by the bjp the mayor is yours the mlas are yours
14:16mr vijayvargia is your strongman minister of indore i mean where does the buck stop you remove one
14:22official and you say accountability has been taken what about mr vijayvargia what about the mayor who
14:28will take accountability no no even the the in fact the mayor i suppose uh uh you know uh the
14:35municipal commissioner has been uh transferred and more importantly i felt that this hour of distress
14:41this this particular episode especially is not about politics it's it's more about that how fast you
14:48can ensure that this kind of a systemic kind of a failure should not get repeated it's about i think
14:54there are more than 10 people who've died it's about criminal negligence i repeat that even as early
15:01as december 15 there were reports that there was a problem with the water that was coming in and yet
15:07no warnings were given the fact also is that there was a tender that was to be put out in august for
15:14100 days no one reported on the tender of the leak acted on the tender of the leak pipeline i mean you
15:19cannot escape responsibility no no of course you are in government here there is no uh no escaping
15:25responsibility but at the same time i would say that such kind of unfortunate incidents have happened
15:31in last two years people have died in kimarchal pradesh for this and i'm not even defending for that
15:36these are uh issues that needs to be uh see the government is you know sometimes there are errors
15:43of course we try and ensure that there is no error zero error but whenever the error is happening i think the
15:49yardstick is to see how the government has responded that is very very important and i think even the
15:55medical bills were not cleared manish even the medical bills of many people were not cleared until there was a fury and
16:02therefore now the mohan yadav government says we are giving free medical treatment to those in hospital
16:08you are reacting you should have acted you concede or not is there going to be any concession or are you
16:14going to behave like kailash vijay vargi when you were asked a question i think the individuals uh do not
16:21matter here uh you know uh you are after a person but we are ensuring that the situation at the ground is
16:28taken care of responsibilities are set and people who are responsible they need to pay for it i think
16:34our focus is on that to ensure that the people are taken care of i think that is where right now in
16:40this emergency situation uh that's the focus of the government of course people who are responsible
16:45they will pay for it but i i think currently uh this is more important okay you're saying that please
16:51look at our actions after uh uh the tragedy uh uh because the allegation now that is being made is
17:00congress politics khail rhea a politician a politics scaling
17:04lekin bjp ka can i look we are now acting high court name order they are we are acting as per high court
17:11orders commissioner is being transferred free medical treatment is being given naya tender is being opened
17:17uh
17:43This is the case.
18:13we are we are the officials are being are being removed
18:36we are the officials are being removed
18:59we are the officials are being removed
19:05foreign
19:35you are saying
19:52jitu patwari prime minister does not tweet on tragedies that take place in a in madhya
19:57padesh like the cough syrup tragedy but let let let manish respond because manish it's coming
20:03you are in power you have a huge majority in madhya padesh therefore according to jitu patwari
20:09the ministers are alone to themselves kailash vijay vargi is the boss of indor mohan yadav
20:14is his own man there is no accountability whether it is cough syrup deaths or now water contamination
20:22deaths i did wanted to bring this rajdeep ji but since uh jitu patwari ji bhol rhen
20:28aasa to sbse pahle to yeh bethaya ki himachal pradesh mein jab log mare to kya rahul gandhi
20:32ne tweet kiya or ja kar wahan gaye bhi wahan jahirila pani se to jahirila pani to sbse
20:36pahle hunnay ah wahi par himachal mein kiya kya pishle 24 25 mein jab karnataka mein sqp
20:43or yeh kharab ho gya or wahan ke bachye marne lagay or diarrhea se sb loo gahe kya rahul
20:47gandhi wahan gaye thai is tarak ki jo bata ya bat karteh politics karteh in sab pani
20:51per politics karna
20:52you see let's not engage in what about rehmachal pradesh happen it's a congressional state
21:00that's a simple question there is there is a seeming lack of empathy and instead the arrogance
21:05of power we are going to get elected so why should we worry about about these issues why
21:11should we not there used to be a time lang madhur shastri resigned over a railway accident
21:16today nobody resides in politics manis that is the truth whether congress or bjp
21:20so see my point was something else my point was that such kind of tragedy should not be politicized
21:28if i start actually speaking on what has happened in this country till 2014 before that in congress
21:34regime of course nobody is going to lie you know there are several things which i can say and then
21:39again it will go back okay i think one what has to judge people is that the actions that this
21:44government has taken and even the central government please tell me till 2017 was there
21:49any action plan for air pollution in this country ncap was established namami ganga project came
21:55sir you have been in power now 11 years let us not talk what happened before 2014 that's when we
22:02ask congress question now we will ask you but jitu padwari before i go to the other guest
22:06you have to ask me to ask for your support to ask me to ask for the issue of america
22:24Thank you very much.
22:54Thank you very much.
23:24Thank you very much.
23:54Thank you very much.
24:24Thank you very much.
27:22Yes.
27:25The water coming for 6 months.
27:26Yes.
27:27Yes.
27:28Yes.
27:29Just understand one thing.
27:30That line was contaminated line.
27:32That line was put in 1997.
27:34Yes.
27:35Yes.
27:36Yes.
27:37For this place.
27:38The police choky had taken about the 3rd to 6 years.
27:40But for some of these for six years.
27:41The toilet in the police, the toilet of the water which is under the Piner's water line has contaminated.
27:53Did the people complain that people have complained?
27:57They complain did they complain, yes.
28:02They complain?
28:03Yes, they complain with me.
28:06Okay, given what we are hearing.
28:08Amulya Nidhi, you are hearing this.
28:19Your National Convener Jan Swastia Abhiyan.
28:22Today it's happening in Indore,
28:23which is supposed to be the cleanest city for eight consecutive years.
28:28What's your sense?
28:29Is there something seriously wrong here with urban governance?
28:32Citizens complain about contaminated water.
28:35The tender doesn't get floated on time.
28:37The officials show apathy.
28:40Is this a familiar problem in different parts of the country
28:42or is this, in that sense, a tip of the iceberg if it happens in Indore?
28:52See, water is a very major issue
28:55and it's a basic survival issue for any human being.
28:58Water and health, if you see.
28:59And this is not only an issue of Indore.
29:03See, if you see the national guidelines,
29:05national submission guidelines,
29:07there are large number of population in India
29:09which is affected with arsenic and fluoride.
29:11If you see, there are 1.3 crores people are affected with arsenic
29:16and also 8 lakh people are with fluoride.
29:18This is the national data
29:19with 2006 national submission guidelines.
29:22If you see the CAG report of 2018,
29:24what the CAG report of 2018 says,
29:26and it is a performance audit on water supply management
29:29in Bhopal and Indore, Muspal Corporation.
29:32In 2018, which the report has been tabled in 2020,
29:36it's very clearly said there are 5.45 lakh cases of waterborne diseases
29:41during that period, 2013 to 2018.
29:43And there are also there is a issue of there are 5.33 lakh people are affected,
29:51not able to get the clean drinking water in Indore and as well as in Bhopal.
29:55Is this only in poorer areas?
29:57This is the thing.
29:58Amulya, is this only in poorer areas or is this across the board?
30:01And is it across Madhya Pradesh, not just Indore?
30:04No, see, this CAG report is Bhopal and Indore, Muspal Corporation report.
30:09This is the CAG report.
30:11And if you see what happened in earlier,
30:14if you see, this is the report.
30:17And if you see, there are more than this is the media reports.
30:20There are more than 300 complaints in 30th and 31st hundred complaints.
30:24So complaints has been going on.
30:26And if you remember, Rajdeepji, in 2004,
30:29government has taken ADB loan around $200 million.
30:32Why the loan was there?
30:35The loan was there is for basically providing drinking water.
30:38So this is the, after that you have taken loan,
30:41the CAG report of Madhya Pradesh and Indore,
30:43Muspal Corporation Performance Audit clearly says
30:45that 5.45 lakh people are affecting with waterborne diseases.
30:49Those are shocking.
30:505.4 lakh people are affected even after taking a loan for clean drinking water.
30:57Something clearly.
30:58Lots of questions, Manish.
31:00This is CAG report.
31:01You see, forget the politics for a moment.
31:04This is a governance crisis.
31:05Whether it is cough syrup the other day,
31:07or whether it is these contaminants,
31:09something has gone wrong with your Madhya Pradesh government of the BJP.
31:14You get a two-thirds majority,
31:16and you think governance does not matter?
31:18And Rajdeep Jeev, you remember the last time when the previous government was planning Right to Water and Right to Health Act,
31:26and that time we tried to make an investigation about what's happening.
31:31And this was the crisis.
31:33And with this crisis, Congress was coming out with the Right to Water Act and Right to Health Act.
31:37This was a severe crisis.
31:38The people are not able to get a free quality access water.
31:41Right.
31:42You made the point.
31:43Manish, is there a willingness, Manish?
31:46You see, there is much talk today of smart cities.
31:48What is a smart city if it cannot provide people with clean drinking water?
31:52And every Indian citizen, the rich will get the water.
31:55They can have, you know, their water will be bislery.
31:59What about the ordinary person?
32:02Rajdeep Jeev, just to tell you that when this government, 2014, it came,
32:07there was only 18% of this country that had safe and clean water.
32:12Now it is now gone to 90%.
32:14It's not a time for statistics, but that shows that the double face of Congress Party.
32:19Sir, there are statistics of your own CIT report.
32:235.4 lakh people are suffering from border-borne diseases.
32:26See, yes, right, this country needed so much of actually mending
32:30because the sorry state of affairs they had put in,
32:34only 18% in 2014.
32:35So if people die in Madhya Pradesh in 2025,
32:39you are going to blame the Congress government in 2000?
32:41Why not?
32:42Why not?
32:42They broke the system.
32:44They broke the system.
32:45Why not?
32:45It takes time to really improve it.
32:47How many years?
32:48I'm admitting that there have been some localized failures.
32:50You have been running Madhya Pradesh for the last 25 years.
32:53But it is not that kind of a sorry state of affairs which people are talking.
32:54Paul Gap, you have been running Madhya Pradesh for the last 25 years
32:57and you are blaming the Congress on this?
32:59It is an incident which is unfortunate,
33:02but it is not the kind of situation as it is being painted.
33:05These are vested interests that are talking.
33:08Madhya Pradesh is growing.
33:09There are so many good things about Madhya Pradesh.
33:11We can talk about per capita income.
33:13We can talk about industries.
33:14Sir, I will talk about good things.
33:16Sir, for that you can hire a PR agent.
33:18Sir, you can hire PR agents to talk about good things.
33:21I am sure good things are happening.
33:22We highlight them also.
33:24But when there is an issue...
33:26Sir, my limited point is...
33:30You want me to talk about the positives.
33:32I am today focusing on what has happened in Indoor.
33:34I cannot use this occasion to talk about what happened in Indoor.
33:38Sir, I am talking about what has happened today.
33:41And therefore...
33:42Jitu Patwari, I want to know one thing.
33:45I am talking about what has happened in Indoor.
34:15It is because of the...
34:18This is...
35:14of mass distraction this country needs clean water clean air before it builds my temples first you
35:44need to give people clean air and clean water your entire focus according to uh you want to divide
35:53people on religion so that they forget the real issues that shows his hypocrisy in last 20 minutes
36:00i never talked about religion it's congress which brings religion and if he has brought religion
36:05then i would really want them to say something about bangladesh and let rahul gandhi speak about
36:09how hindus are being actually murdered in bangladesh not even a word there if they want to play
36:14politics they should play politics then and they have the they should have the guts to hear that
36:18also but they should but today i'm worried about my last word is about what did congress do in the last
36:2550 60 years for clean water or for clean air they did not do anything well you know i right they do
36:33do not have everything now you will blame jawala nehru next next you will say you will blame
36:39you will blame jawala nehru for what has happened in 2025 what rubbish is this money has he ever
36:44razdeep ji has he has he ever given any clear vision for this country what are the solutions not even a
36:50word only blame game let jitu padwari ji actually say i'm challenging him what is the solution does he
36:56have a solution please tell he's the leader of opposition solution
37:00thirty second solution are you a person to ask you to buy jitu by a guy who can tell you what would you
37:06group
37:07is
37:37I don't think we are giving any solution.
38:07foreign
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38:50เชจเชพ เชจเชนเชพเชฐเชตเชเชจเชฟเชฏเฝเชจเชคเชพเชฎ
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39:02เชจเชพ เชจเชนเชต เชจเชญเชพ
39:0790 lines. 90 lines are contaminated. This is as per an official report.
39:20And this is as per an official report.
39:37You know, I want to ask Amulya. Amulya, you have worked on water. Is there a solution? Amulya, do you see a solution?
39:54The solution is very clear. First of all, the government and the representative, government
40:00should be sensitive towards this issue. This is not about the politics. First, the second thing,
40:04the governance system in Indoor Municipal Corporation has failed. So the important point, Indoor
40:09has become now unhealthy city. So the solution is that water audits should be done immediately.
40:16All the, every year, all the wards or Gram Panchayat's water testing reports should be in the public
40:22domain every year. And at the mass level, in six months, whatever the report, the CAG report is
40:27available, water policy, implement that report, call an urgent meeting of all the stakeholders,
40:34and then show us the, show us how the confidence within the citizens. This is very clear. You do a
40:40water audit immediately and put a, every year, the water policy and testing reports should be
40:45available in public domain. You do it the public sources as well as the household sources. You take
40:50a sample of households and put in the public domain. So was these things. Because there is a water
40:54scarcity also. Clearly, clearly, and we've said this before, this is an absolute shocker. Remember,
40:59India today was the first national channel to take this up a few days ago. Credit also to the Indoor
41:05journalists and indeed all the journalists on the ground who've asked the tough questions of the
41:11ministers. We want accountability. Jawab Dehi. You cannot get away by simply passing the buck.
41:18That's really very, very clear. This is shocking. And this is criminal negligence. My take in a moment.
41:27But I thank my guests for joining me.
41:30Okay, let's then give you my take. Indoor has been consistently ranked India's cleanest city for
41:37eight consecutive years, which makes the criminal negligence that led to water contamination deaths in
41:43the city even more telling and worrying. If this happens with piped municipal water in Indoor,
41:50think of other towns and cities in the country. The Modi government's smart city project has not
41:56been able to usher key urban governance reform yet, nor have state governments risen to the big
42:03challenge of our times. Worse still, as we have seen in Indoor, accountability is a word that is simply
42:11not in the dictionary of our netas. Let me therefore ask a basic question to the netas and officials of
42:19Indoor again, those who are in charge to ensure proper tendering. How many of you, I ask you again,
42:27how many of you will drink the water that a majority of common citizens have to live with?
42:33Kailash Vijay Vargya Ji, you're the strongman of Indoor. Answer that question. The mayor of Indoor,
42:41answer that question. The municipal commissioners and officials should answer that question. And when
42:47you answer that question, please do me a favor. For God's sake, don't blame Jawala Nehru for your
42:54failings today. Think about it.
43:03Okay, let's turn from there to another big story that's coming in India. Today's investigation on
43:08the ground has exposed once again, the possibility of illegal constructions in Goa, where remember,
43:15only last month, a horrific fire led to more than 20 people dying. The demolition order against a major
43:22club, Bastion, was taken back. Bastion has been allowed to run despite violations. The Bastion
43:29Riviera is, among others, co-owned by actor Shilpa Shetty. Remember also, the nightclubs that were shut in
43:36the crackdown last month have reopened during this New Year week. India Today's Divesh Singh is going to
43:43bring you a report that shows how Shilpa Shetty's nightclub, Bastion Riviera, is still running despite
43:49getting a demolition notice, once again focusing on the quality of governance and indeed policing in
43:56Goa. Take a look at this special report tonight.
44:00The fire at the nightclub, the perch by Romeo Lane in Arpora in December exposed Goa's ugly truth. The nexus between
44:10politicians, bureaucrats, bureaucrats, bureaucrats, police and club owners. After the tragedy came the
44:18crackdown on clubs set up without NOCs from the fire department. Without valid permits and in violation of coastal zone norms. More than 10 clubs were sealed. But many escaped the net. One of them, the Bastion Riviera,
44:32at Mojim. The club run by Bastion Hospitality at Mojim. The club run by Bastion Hospitality, of which actor Shilpa Shetty is a promoter, is on land owned by Carrick Bend Realty LLP.
44:50An India Today investigation reveals a series of violations. A complaint filed against Carrick Bend Realty LLP alleges illegal constructions on coastal land where construction is prohibited.
45:10The actual owner of Caddic Brand Realty LLP. The actual owner of Caddic Brand Realty. Caddic Brand Realty has leased for Bastion, which Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra owns.
45:25The permission was received for temporary construction, but it did complete concrete.
45:31And when local fishermen, traditional fishermen, complained there, as usual, there was no action.
45:39The Caddic Brand Realty has left everything and left its address.
45:44India Today accessed a show cause notice issued by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority to Carrick Bend Realty LLP.
45:54According to the notice, the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority had flagged off illegal constructions after a site inspection conducted on June 13, 2024.
46:07Demolition orders were issued more than a year later, on October 7, 2025.
46:13But Carrick Bend Realty claimed they were not aware of these orders and did not get a chance to present their side.
46:24Following this, the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority set aside the demolition order and issued the latest show cause notice on December 26th.
46:36Carrick Bend Realty has been given time till January 8th to give a reply.
46:42Why did the GCZMA not take care to have the notice served properly in order to conclude the proceedings?
46:50What action are the authorities taking against those who are responsible for it?
46:54You can't keep silent.
46:55Until the hearing is concluded, the proper course of the matter should have been that operations in this establishment should have been directed to be stopped.
47:10The deputy collector under whose jurisdiction falls, Purnim Thaluka, where the club is located, also claims the club is illegal.
47:18They are not allowing us to take action actually.
47:22Okay.
47:23So they only initiate action on that.
47:27Okay.
47:28So, otherwise also, if we are just leaving it to CRZ.
47:37We are just leaving it to CRZ.
47:38We are just leaving it to CRZ.
47:39We are just leaving it to CRZ since it is within your jurisdiction.
47:44So CRZ is initiating action.
47:46So, what is it to do with the CRZ?
47:47I want to tell you why.
47:48What is the plan for it?
47:49Why can't I ask?
47:50Why can't I ask?
47:51Fine.
47:52You can go all the way.
47:53But, there is no way.
47:54I am always there.
47:55No, I am in confusion.
47:57Town planning.
47:58Town planning is approved for commercial.
48:00All this while, the Bastion Riviera functioned freely, with no interference from the law.
48:17In conversations caught on hidden camera, its employees spilled the beans.
48:30India Today investigation revealed the club, which was facing demolition orders, was actually
48:54taking up more construction.
49:24This is a club, which is a yacht club.
49:31This is a land, but it's like a hotel.
49:36Last time, I had to work with you.
49:39I didn't have to work with you.
49:43It's a little bit in the area.
49:50It's a little bit in the area.
49:52It's a little bit in the area.
49:53You don't have to work with you.
49:55You don't have to work with you.
49:58But this will happen and you want to work with you.
50:04It's just a residence.
50:11You have to find a house.
50:16You have to go to the parking lot.
50:20You can go for a ticket, right?
50:22You need to go for your booking.
50:25Who is that?
50:26Ranjit Bindra, the founder and CEO of Bastion, in a statement to India today, denied the charges of illegal construction.
50:45Bindra claimed the work has been done as per Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority and other clearances.
50:51He added that the project has all fire and pollution treatment norms in place.
50:56And it has been inspected by all relevant departments.
51:02Bindra claimed the jetty has valid permission from the captain of ports department, Goa.
51:08He also claimed the land wasn't mangrove zone or residential zone.
51:13They had initially constructed some structures in respect of which a complaint was filed on 3rd of February 2023.
51:21Post that, they demolished the structures.
51:23Simultaneously, they had applied for a permission from the GC Zademi, which was granted on 15 January 2024.
51:30This begs the question that are these bigger clubs getting a VIP treatment?
51:36Shilpa Shetty's club, Bastion Rivera, in Goa, had been flagged by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority for illegal constructions and coastal zone violations.
51:50There was also a demolition order issued.
51:53But few days back, the GC Zademi recalled their own order and have now issued a show cause notice for a date in January.
52:03With Ritesh Desai, this is Divyesh Singh in Goa for India today.
52:08Solid story there from Divyesh.
52:12Shilpa Shetty's co-owned nightclub, also now under the scanner.
52:16Michael Lobo, the Goa MLA of Kalangut in North Goa joins me.
52:20Michael, let's be very clear.
52:22We saw what happened with the birch fire.
52:26The birch by Romeo Lane, 25 fatalities.
52:29Fire permissions were not there.
52:30As this story shows, there were demolition notice orders.
52:33They've got stay on them.
52:35But there is still a huge question mark over the way these clubs are being allowed to run.
52:40Whether panchayats, local police and dare one say even state government officials are involved.
52:45What is happening in Goa?
52:47There seems to be no control over these clubs.
52:51See, I have had a meeting with the Honorable Chief Minister.
52:57And I have informed him what is the need of the hour and what the government needs to do.
53:04And what we all need to do as legislators.
53:09Because the power, there is no power with the panchayat to issue nightclub permission.
53:16And it should be governed by the Home Department.
53:18And I have told him to work out a policy which is in process.
53:28Sir, but by the time this policy is in process, our report shows, according to some people,
53:32there are still hundreds of nightclubs and clubs that are running without due permissions.
53:36Even those that you shut down after the fire last month have been revived for New Year's Eve.
53:41See, whichever club was shut down, were told what is less in their restaurants or in their clubs.
53:53Whatever is less means fire safety norms.
53:55And they had to see that they put all those fire safety norms.
54:00All those clubs who have completed the formality or completed the process of putting all the fire safety norms
54:09only will be allowed to open.
54:11Sir, but are you telling me our story, sir, our story clearly shows that money is changing hands
54:16and there are clubs that are continuing without permissions.
54:19Are you telling me all the clubs that are functioning this New Year's in Goa
54:22are working with full permissions that they've got all the fire permissions
54:26and the coastal regulation permissions?
54:28The main permission for a club has to come from, according to me,
54:35it has to come from Home Department, where the club policy is underway.
54:39The Home Department is run by your Chief Minister.
54:41Home Department is Pramodh Savan's Department.
54:44Home, what I'm saying is, this is the future licensing authority,
54:52whether it will be home, whether it is going to be entertainment society.
54:55Sir, that is for the future.
54:56But till then, what happens, sir?
54:57I take your point.
54:58That is for what will happen till then.
55:00Fire safety norms, like fire safety protocols have to be followed.
55:08Pollution control board norms have to be followed.
55:12Then FSSI license has to be taken.
55:16Excise license has to be taken.
55:18Sir, but they are not happening.
55:19The question is, many of them are running illegal.
55:21Without these licenses, the Honorable Chief Minister has directed the collector
55:30to seal such premises who do not have fire and emergency services license.
55:36It is very important thatโฆ
55:38I want to see, sir.
55:39We will continue to follow up these stories, Michael.
55:43Becauseโฆ
55:44Fire and emergency services and pollution control board license
55:48is mandatory to open a restaurant and bar in the state of Goa.
55:53These are very, very important.
55:56As far as we have seen the tragedy, what has happened at Burj by Romeo Lane.
56:00Sir, I have run out of time, Michael.
56:02We will continue with these investigations.
56:04We will continue to bring you specific instances,
56:07like we brought today with the restaurant and nightclub co-owned by Shilpa Shetty.
56:14We will continue to monitor what's happening in Goa.
56:17But for now, I appreciate you joining me, Michael Lobo.
56:20As we keep saying, we will continue to do those stories
56:23that you will not see on Prime Time elsewhere.
56:27Thanks for watching.
56:28Stay well, stay safe.
56:30Good night, Shubhra 3.
56:31Jai Hind Namaskar.
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