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Goa’s nightlife faces a crackdown up of the Christmas and New Year season, with the authorities authorities launching an intensive thrust to inspect and seal the establishments flouting norms aft a deadly nightclub occurrence claimed 25 lives.
As the State, celebrated for its scenic beaches, gears up for its busiest fortnight spanning Christmas and New Year, the crackdown has already forced immoderate nightclubs to shut, portion the destiny of others hangs successful the balance.
A squad of unit from the territory administration, occurrence and exigency services and constabulary person been inspecting each the nightclubs successful the North Goa tourism belt, officials said connected Sunday (December 14, 2025).
The thrust began aft the occurrence incidental astatine Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub astatine Arpora successful North Goa connected December 6 near 25 persons dead.
"We are inspecting each the nightclubs, checking their licences and permissions. Any nine recovered to beryllium violating the norms is sealed," authorities serviceman Kabir Shirgaonkar, who is heading the inspection team, told PTI.
The squad has the powerfulness to seal a nine flouting norms immediately, different authoritative said.
So far, the squad has sealed 2 salient nightclubs — Goya Club and Cafe CO2 Goa — some located astatine Vagator. Cafe CO2 Goa was situated connected a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea successful North Goa.
Shirgaonkar said that Goya Club was built connected cultivation land, portion Cafe CO2 Goa did not person the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Fire and Emergency Services Department and lacked structural stability.
The Fire and Emergency Services Department has besides ordered revocation of the NOC granted to Diaz Pool Club and Bar astatine Anjuna successful North Goa, different authoritative said.
A astonishment inspection was conducted astatine the premises connected Saturday (December 13), during which it was observed that the existing occurrence prevention and information arrangements installed determination were inadequate and required upgradation, arsenic per the bid issued by Divisional Fire Officer Shripad Gawas.
