368 Core collected for the violation of Covid-19

368 Core collected for the violation of Covid-19

New Delhi: The coronavirus has been raging for almost two years. Public life has been disrupted. And mask has played a measure role in the prevention of coronavirus. But Surprisingly in India 368 core of fine has been collected without wearing a mask.  In which 3 cities and 4 states of India were leading in the collection of the fine. In Gujarat, between June 27, 2020, and June 29, 2021, Rs 252 crore was collected from 34.72 lakh people for violating the law on wearing masks. Odisha Police have collected Rs 67 crore in fines for violations of Covid-19 regulations across the state in the past year. According to the data shared by the state police headquarters, altogether 7,979 cases were registered for rule violations in the last year. 

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation collected Rs40 crore in fines. Bengaluru’s Municipal Corporation shows that over 3.70 lakh cases have been filed against citizens for not wearing masks and Rs 8.76 crore was collected by way of fines between May 2020 and February 7, 2021. The fine amount collected during the period was Rs 57.06 lakh. In total, 3.96 lakh violations have been registered with Rs 9.33 crore collected as a fine. In Uttar Pradesh, only on April 19, during the 35-hour curfew that in the wake of the rising Covid cases, police fined 31,325 people and collected a fine of Rs 64.16 lakh for not wearing a mask in public places. On March 22, a total of 1,260 people were fined in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal for not wearing masks, and around Rs 1.32 lakh was collected as a spot fine. 

Jharkhand Police has collected over Rs 35 lakh as fine from people for not wearing masks in public places. In this way, Gujarat was the highest state to collect the fine for the violation of Covid19 guidelines. That is more than what India annually pays to Afghanistan as development assistance.