The Delhi Police on Sunday stated they’ve issued over 35,325 challans towards folks within the three weeks of Delhi ‘unlock’ and picked up over Rs 7.1 crore in fines.
A Delhi Police spokesperson shared the info collected from May 31 to June 19 this 12 months. According to this, a complete of 29,901 folks have been challaned within the final three weeks for not sporting face masks in public.
“Ever since the unlock process started, we have seen an increase in violation of masks and social distancing. Our teams are issuing fines at markets, malls, restaurants and other public places,” stated an official.
Police stated they’ve additionally nabbed over 5,078 people and teams for violating social distancing in public locations. Over 2,587 have been arrested for violating COVID norms and harassing police on COVID obligation.
In addition, the police additionally took motion towards shopkeepers and eateries for violating COVID norms by permitting giant gatherings and for masks violations.
At least 509 shopkeepers have been booked for violating the rules of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority in the previous couple of weeks. Police stated the utmost variety of violations in markets have been registered in Outer Delhi and North Delhi.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
