Addressing a press conference, the villagers alleged that the Sunburn organizers had taken the locals and all other authorities including the village panchayat for granted by advertising on their official website sale of tickets two months prior to the festival. “We should have been taken into confidence but they (organizers) have taken us and Anjuna-Caisua village panchayat for granted. Former Anjuna-Caisua panchayat member Hanumant Govekar said that it is for the first time that the Sunburn organizers have announced the festival for four days instead of the usual three days. They have been holding the festival at Vagator for the last few years but never extended it to December 31. Most of the locals demanded to know how the organizers announce tickets without obtaining the necessary permissions from the authorities.

Source: The Herald December 02, 2023 21:01 UTC