Digital Goa, Feb 7- Goa govt today told the High Court that it is practically impossible to defer the Seafood Festival organised by the State Tourism Department on Miramar beach from February 9th to 11th. The matter is now posted for hearing tomorrow. The Court is hearing a writ petition filed by former CCP councillor Patricia Pinto and 11 others challenging the decision of the department to hold the festival at Miramar Beach, despite the government’s policy decision two decades back to ban food festivals on beaches. An affidavit was filed by the tourism department on Feb 27, 2000, in which it had assured the high court that a “policy decision” had been taken to stop holding any food festival on the beach.
