Mangalore: Police Action Against Unauthorized Home Stays Soon
Mangalore: Police Action Against Unauthorized Home Stays Soon
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Mangalore, Aug 1: Following the Morning Mist Home Stay attack incident, officials seem to have awoken to the existence of unauthorized home stays in the city.
Sources at the regional tourism office in Mangalore told Daijiworld that there are only three home stays in the district that are approved by the tourism department, and all others are illegal.
A list of illegal home stays will soon be provided to the superintendent of police and the city police commissioner and action against such home stays is expected in the near future.
The three approved homes stays are ‘Shruthashraya’ in Beltangady which is owned by one Shwetha, ‘Shree Mookambika’ in Bejai owned by H T Roopa R Rao, and Urban Retreat in Pilikula, owned by Suresh Mathias.
Once the home stay gets approved by the tourism department, a nominal fee has to be paid to the department annually. Morning Mist Home Stay was not approved by the tourism department.
Maniswamy Nilakantan, PSI, Kankanady rural police station, said that if the list of unauthorized home stays is given to the police department, they can take direct action against them. As of now, they are unable to inspect any home stays as there are chances of some owners having gotten licenses from the local body. The police force cannot handle civil offences unless there is evidence to prove the offence as criminal in nature.
Currently, the district magistrate holds the responsibility of approving the home stays on the recommendation of the tourism department. Now, with the tourism department itself deciding to give a list of unauthorized home stays to the police department, serious action against illegal structures is anticipated.
U Jithendranath, assistant director of tourism department in Mangalore, confirmed to Daijiworld that a list of all home stays which are functioning without approval will be handed over to the city police commissioner and the superintendent of police in a short time.
The MCC as well as the state tourism department have already issued notices on Morning Mist Home Stay and asked owner Loretto Rebello to furnish details on whether it is a residence or a commercial establishment.
It is said that though the home stay is registered as a residential property, but is being rented out for commercial benefits at Rs 10,000 a day.
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Dear All,why wss the police/MCC quite till now. What about so much illegal happening in the circuit house and travel bungalows. The illegal prostitution happening in various houses under various police stations. All Mangaloreans know where these brothels are but the blind Police.
Ok, so they did not register, fine them and let them register the same. You do the same with illegal buildings, you regularize it. What is the big deal. There are so many illegal liquor shops, buses, policemen, babus, etc in Mangalore. Regularize the whole lot of them like you have the VJH, KJH, BJH, et al. MCC are the biggest rogues who have destroyed the city, no proper roads, no sidewalks, no lighting, only goondagiri, regularize that too.
Even that home stay is illegal it doest give all these loafers/goons to take law in their hands.this is a new tactics to divert the attention and save these third rate loafers as they hv been part of BJP family.nothing wrong renting out a place in mangalore.Entire municipal corp is corrupt and all of us are aware of it.if BJP wants to come in power they will have to disown these jobless loafers.i am glad daiji has put these terrorist pics on net.Hope mangalore cops will give them good thrashing with if tar party.
The whole incident sparked only because we have video proof. This special character of this HJV came to light only because an aggressive journalist took initiative. But at the end the police play a totally different role. Instead of asking the victims to sign the FIR they are keener on prosecuting the reporter and the owner of the Building. There is no such law that restricts the building owner for giving the property on rent for a day or a week. The owner of the building did not let the property for an illegal activity such as currency printing or drug trading. The police are planning to divert the attention of the public by taking actions on the property owner about the permits or license. It is the job of the MCC to look after the license issues.
I am happy that someone has got the Tourist Dept to move. The Assnt Director of Tourism, Mangalore must publicly publish the list of all the unauthorised Home Stays so that the parents will know immediately if their children/wards are going to some place that is unauthorised- as a parent I would not mind if my children told me they were going for a birthday party of a colleague/ friend at an authorised place. What is the point of keeping such information away from the public. I would also like to know if all service apartments/ guest houses have to be registered with the MCC & or the Tourism Dept. Please do follow up on this Daijiworld.
Dear Police Force, First initiate action against the culprits who attacked the Morning Mist. You just taken custody of people who attended party and let them go, to the actual culprits. Police started arresting only after the matter has become national cum international issue. Even though Our State police were present during the incident but they did not arrest any culprit, by which people can imagine about our police action. Dear students please join together and protest against police action and the administration..
I wonder why MCC has no information on(illegal) HOME STAYS in Mangalore City!!How could with out permission from MCC, these kind of business/trade establishments stays in the business?Illegal or with out valid permit from appropriate authority HOME STAY OR ANY business establishments should not be allowed to operate
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