Goa is a safe destination: Chowdhary

PANAJI: Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary on Saturday said that Goa remains to be safe destination for tourists.
    
"Goa has built up a reputation over the years and it needs to live upto that," she said adding the coastal state is safe.
    
Chowdhary, who is in Goa to participate in a private function interacted with a group of invitees in North Goa's Candolim beach village.
    
Questions have been raised on Goa's safety after a British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling was found dead on the state's Anjuna beach on February 18.
    
Also, Chowdhary has several meetings planned in the state with the officials, sources said.