Goa CM Pramod Sawant said licences of tourist establishments violating fire safety norms will be cancelled, days after a nightclub blaze killed 25 people in North Goa.
On his arrival, the Goa chief minister said he had done Kar Seva twice during the Ram Mandir movement.
'I would like to apologise to Goans for the major political mistake I have made in my career of not opting out of the government after the death of Mr Parrikar. Today, Goans are suffering because of our mistake and we are ready to seek penance,' Mr Sardesai told the gathering.
'At least 3,000 persons enter the state every day, so it is difficult to know how she skipped the test,' said CM Sawant.
Mangor hill area is being designated as the first 'containment zone' of the state after 40 positive cases were reported there. The case count, the biggest spike yet on a single day, takes the total active cases of COVID-19 in the coastal state to 62.
