Death and taxes are a certainty all year round, and the festive season receives no exemptions. So, frustrated with Dandiya and Garba event organisers making a killing using any means necessary, the district entertainment duty (ED) department is introducing a slew of measures to ensure that the mandals are not able escape the tax ambit.

For starters, the administration has decided to levy tariff on Dandiya nights, even the ones organised in open spaces. Last year, the state government had declared that no entertainment tax would be imposed on such programmes held in open areas.