Goa govt cancels permission for film tele-serial shootings

    Panaji, May 6 (PTI) The Entertainment Society of Goa
(ESG) on Thursday cancelled all permissions granted for film
and television serial shootings in the state in the wake of
the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
    ESG is the Goa government's nodal agency which is
empowered to give permission for commercial shootings in the
coastal state.
    Several film and TV serial makers from Mumbai and
Chennai recently shifted their shootings to Goa in the wake of
the surge in COVID-19 cases in their respective places, ESG's
Vice Chairman Subhash Faldesai told PTI.
    He said all permissions granted for film shootings in
Goa have now been cancelled till the COVID-19 situation in the
state comes under control.
    "We will not allow any shooting of films or television
serials in public or private properties," he said.
    All those currently shooting films and serials in Goa
have also been asked to wind up their schedules, Faldesai
said.
    Faldesai said the state government has enforced strict
curbs, including imposition of Section 144 of CrPC, which bans
assembly of five or more people at one place, due to which
shootings cannot be permitted.
    The ESG will review its decision only after the
COVID-19 situation is under control, he said.
    On Wednesday, Goa reported 3,496 new COVID-19 cases
and 71 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 1,04,398
and the death toll to 1,443, as per official data. PTI RPS
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