2 EDM fests yet to pay about Rs 1 cr each for security:Goa govt

Electronic dance music (EDM) festivals --Supersonic and Sunburn -- which are annually held in Goa, owe state police around Rs one crore each for providing security during the events since 2014, Goa Assembly was told today.
Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar gave this information in a reply to a written query by Congress legislator Digambar Kamat about the outstanding amounts by the EDMs.
The organisers of Supersonic are yet to make a payment of Rs 1.10 crore, while that of Sunburn, Rs 92.83 lakh, for the security provided by the state police to the events held annually in December, the reply revealed.

Sunburn, which celebrated its ten years of existence in Goa last year, has not paid Rs 21.95 lakh towards the bill dated December 12, 2014;Rs 16.96 lakh for the bill dated March 3, 2015 and Rs 53.92 lakh for the bill issued on January 12, 2016.
Similarly, Supersonic is yet to pay Rs 53.72 lakh for the bill issued on November 27, 2014, Rs 22.71 lakh for bill on February 24, 2015 and Rs 33.89 lakh for the bill raised on March 08, 2016 for providing police security.
Responding to the question, Parsekar tabled various communications between the police officials and festival organisers asking them to clear the bill.

Sunburn is held at Vagator and Supersonic at Candolim, both in North Goa during the last week of December every year.
In the recent past, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar had said that both the EDMs would not take place at the same time in the same district.
He had said this year, they will have to shift their venues considering the immense pressure on the traffic and law & order situation during the event.