Drinking alcohol at public places in Goa will attract heavy fine from August 15, chief minister Manohar Parrikar announced on Monday. The government would soon release a notification regarding imposing a fine of Rs. 2,500 on drinking alcohol in public.
Addressing a gathering after opening the incubation centre at the state-run Economic Development Corporation (EDC) in Panaji, Parrikar said the fine for littering and carrying plastic bags would also go up from the next month.
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“There is something called civic responsibility. The footpath which is developed along the river in Panaji city is being used by the people for drinking beer,” he said. “There will be heavy fine for drinking in public from the next month. We will implement the decision from August 15 onwards”, he added.
Mr Parrikar also warned against littering the state capital with empty beer bottles, adding that he had caught and cautioned college students found drinking beer along the newly developed riverfront here.
“I have caught two-three college students going there with beer bottles. This is not done,” Mr Parrikar said, adding that bottles thrown in the rocks along the riverfront were putting other people at risk.
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