Thousands Of Challans Issued As People Break Mask Rules

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New Delhi: Policemen across India are having a field day handing out fines to people who do not wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic.

Many people just cannot get used to the accessory, which has come to symbolise the new normal, having been made compulsory in most big cities. Delhi police say they have issued more than 42,000 fines since March — 792 on Sunday alone — to people not wearing masks or flouting other social distancing rules. Police across the country have reaped lakhs of rupees in fines, which range from Rs 200 in Bangalore to Rs 1,000 rupees in Mumbai. Bangalore police chief Hemant Nimbalkar announced on Twitter last week that his force had collected mask fines worth more than around Rs 1 crore in challan in one month. “We are not at all proud of this feat,” he said, appealing for greater respect for social distancing as cases surge in the southern city.

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