Panaji, Dec 7 (PTI) Goa BJP MLA Michael Lobo on Sunday said the licence to the ill-fated nightclub in Arpora, where 25 persons died in a devastating fire, was issued without any documentation by the local panchayat.

Talking to reporters, the MLA from Calangute stressed it is necessary for all departments to open their eyes. Safety measures are important as Goa is a tourist destination, he emphasised. The nightclub is in Calangute constituency.

“I have come to know that the panchayat issued a license for a restaurant and night club on this premises in 2023. Licence should be based on some documentation which is not there. There was no provisional No Objection Certificate from the pollution control board. Fire licence was given directly,” he said. Show Full Article

Twenty-five people were

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