Swachhta tax: This Goa village charges tourists Rs 500 for clicking photos

The matter became a talking subject after a video purportedly showing a group of tourists being charged in Parra went viral on social media

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Current affairs: Parra, best known as the ancestral village of late Union Minister Manohar Parrirkar has started charging people for clicking photographs of a coconut palm-lined scenic landscape.
Tourists, as well as locals, will have to pay "swachhta tax" or "photography tax" if they click a photograph or shoot video on the road in the village in North Goa.

The imposition of the tax by the Parra village panchayat has been severely opposed by the locals who feel the fee may discourage tourists from visiting the iconic visit.

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