The state government seems to have made up its mind to make running a dance bar almost an impossible proposition. A draft of new rules and regulations for dance bars reviewed by a newspaper says that every dance bar must now have CCTVs with the feed beamed live to the nearest police station. Since dance bars were always a guilty pleasure, they are unlikely to attract any customers with cops watching the proceedings all the time. Also, live pictures beamed into a police station could be open to abuse. The Supreme Court in October struck down a state government imposed ban on dance bars as it violated bar dancers' right to earn a livelihood. But the state government seems determined to not let dance bars stage a comeback. Among other regulations in the draft is a ceiling on the number of dancers on the floor at any given point of time and a minimum distance to be maintained between the performers and the audience. The draft says that there cannot be more than four dancers on the floor at any given point and a minimum distance of two meters must be maintained between performers and the customers. No woman below the age of 18 will be allowed to perform in a dance bar, according to Times of India. Rafique
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