'Focus on health infra, not casinos' Says Kiran Kandolkar

The Goa government will better serve the people by bringing back on track the state's health infrastructure rather than opening casinos or going ahead with an electronic dance music (EDM) festival, said Kiran Kandolkar, the newly-appointed working President of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), on Monday. Goa's Ports Minister Michael Lobo has also said that the EDM festival, which has attracted thousands of tourists in past editions, should not be held in the state during the pandemic. Addressing a press conference here, Kandolkar said that opening of casinos and organising EDM festival in the state would add to the COVID-19 cases, which crossed 43,000 in the country's smallest state on Sunday. "The government should not rush into certain things. We know casinos bring revenues to Goa, but the pandemic is still active here. (IANS)

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