Panaji:
Hours after the Sunburn organisers clarified their stand on the event, Dy Chief Minister Babu Azgaonkar announced that the event this year is cancelled.
Sunburn EDM Festival which was scheduled to be held in Goa from 27 to 29 Dec 2020.
Dy CM Babu Ajgaonkar and Tourism Minister announced that the event would not be held this year.
The decision came hours after the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee protested in the capital city on organisation of the event.
“If people do not want we will not allow Sunburn this year,” Azgaonkar said.
He said the permission was in-principle and not final.
Azgaonkar said that Covid situation in the state is slowly improving but it is still no fully under control.
“The decision of canceling the festival has been taken by considering the wellbeing of Goa, Goans and tourists. We can consider holding Sunburn Festival next year,” he added.