Goa Minister backs shifting offshore casinos to Mopa airport

Goa Ports Minister of the state government notifying a long-term casino policy to rehabilitate ♛the offshor🉐e casino vessels an🥀d shift them to a gꦗaming zone near the upcoming Mopa airport.

Lobo opined that the government cannot disturb any business overnight, which is legal 𝔉and that the casino bus🌺iness has been established in Goa and they have already invested in it.

“We have told the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that the casino policy has to be in place. As per my opinion, it should come out in next six months, while the government has given an extension to offshore casino vessels to operate in river Mandovi. And the Chief Minister is also of the opinio🌸n that the work of constructing Mopa airport has to start,” the state minister and senior BJP leader .

Lobo however added that the shifting of the offshore♛ casinos would take place only four or five years after the Mopa airport has been established, with due to the🌄 Supreme Court suspending environmental clearance for the project.

Lobo further reiterated t🅠hat to another river body within the state, until the casino policy is finalised. He added that the feasibility study for the same i💦s currently being conducted.

Meanwhile, Panaji city to maintain status quo and allow🔜 offsꦡhore casinos to remain in River Mandovi until the casino policy is finalised.

Madkaikar reiterated the Corporation of Ci⛎ty of Panaji’s (CCP’s) resolution to not renew the trade licenses of the six offshore casinos once their current 🌱license period comes to an end in the April-June 2020 period.

He added that Lobo can shift and accommodate the casinos in the Agua🦋da Bay near Calangute area, which is a tourism hotspot a꧅nd also Lobo’s assembly constituency.