Mumbai: In view of the rise in the quantity of active instances across Mumbai and a doable COVID-19 second wave, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday announced that from subsequent week, civic marshals will be handing out totally free masks to these not wearing masks at public areas.
The BMC at the moment imposes a fine of Rs 200 on these who are not wearing masks. Now this will be followed by handing out totally free masks in order to make awareness amongst violators about the significance of masks.
“It has been observed that many people would pay the fine and repeat the same mistake which is why the BMC has taken this step” civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal told in a statement on Sunday.
The BMC has collected about Rs 10.07 crores in fines by penalising almost 4.85 violators because the unlocking took spot. During september the civic physique had lowered the fine quantity to Rs 200 from Rs 2,000 as a lot more people today had began to come out on roads due to unlocking.
“We have observed that many people don’t wear a mask while they have while there are some who don’t carry mask with them as they step out. This step will allow us to educate the later category of people regarding the importance of wearing a mask” a senior civic official told FPJ.