Wearing masks inside private autos is no longer mandatory in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took back its earlier directives and ordered clean-up marshals to quit fining people today who are not wearing masks inside their private autos. The ones travelling via public transport, even so, have to continue wearing masks, else will be penalised. The new rule came into force from Sunday.
BMC created wearing masks should due to the fact April 8 as Covid-19 circumstances began escalating in the metro. BMC also created violators of its suggestions execute neighborhood services like sweeping roads in case they refused to spend fine. The authoritative body has been penalising 42 people today per day taking the total count till November to 4.86 lakh people today. The group collected Rs10, 07 Lakh crore by imposing fine alone for not wearing masks at a public location.
In September, the BMC also decreased the fine for not wearing a mask from the initial Rs 1,000 to Rs 200.
Meanwhile, other states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala continue to impose fines for not wearing masks each in private autos and public transport. People not wearing masks in public regions in Gurgaon can be fined up to Rs 2500. In Punjab, the fine for not wearing a mask in a public location in the state is presently Rs 500, revised from Rs 200 in the final week of May.
In Uttar Pradesh, the fine quantity is Rs 500 which was raised from Rs one hundred in July 2020. In Kerala, authorities initially imposed a hefty fine of Rs 10, 000 that was later taken down to Rs 500. Citizens from Chennai who don not put on masks will have to spend Rs 200.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed the Delhi High Court that there is no mandate directing people today to put on a mask when travelling alone soon after a petition was filed by Advocate Saurabh Sharma difficult the Rs 500 challan issued to him for not wearing a mask when he was driving alone in his private automobile.
India’s Covid-19 tally of circumstances climbed to 1,05,57,985 with 15,144 new circumstances recorded on Saturday. The national recovery price to 96.58 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry information. The government began with its 1st phase vaccination drive inoculating practically 2 lakh frontline healthcare workers on Saturday.