Goa tourism department has banned entry of persons on the beach with alcohol or glass bottles not only for the tourists but even locals.

During the fortnightly meeting between tourism department and IRB, the decision to ban liquor and bottles on beaches was conveyed to IRB staff. IRB has been deployed on the Goa beaches to provide round the clock security.

"Implementation of this has begun," a senior tourism department official told TOI. The official also said the department received complaints that tourists are being injured after stepping on broken liquor bottles on the beaches.

Locals who picnic on the beaches will also be affected by this order as they will no longer be able to take alcoholic drinks with them.

Through this decision tourism department wants to stop tourists drinking on beaches and the breaking of bottles on beach by drunken tourists.

The official also said that the rise in crimes against women across the country led to this decision. "To prevent eve teasing incidents on Goan beaches we have taken this step," the official said.

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