The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike has said that it has so far collected over 2,39,505 rupees as fines from the people for not wearing masks in public.
On Thursday, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanaga Palike had issued a circular announcing a fine of rupees 1000 for those people who are found to be not wearing a mask in public. In the same circular, it was announced that a fine of rupees 2000 will be collected from repeat offenders. This was followed by criticism against the municipal body for the heavy cap of fines. Following that, the municipal body revised the fines. According to a report in the Times of India, the revised fines are rupees 200 in municipal areas and 100 in other areas.
On the first day after the announcement, the BBMP had collected a fine of 51,700 rupees. On Sunday, it was reported that the BBMP collected over 98,350 rupees and on Monday, it collected around 89,455 rupees as fines for violating rules.
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Highest Fine comes from East Zone
The highest amount collected through fines came from the city’s east zone where 55 people contributed to a total fine of 21,305 rupees. IN Bommanahalli and Mahadevapura zone, Rs. 16,200 and Rs. 15,000 were collected. The west zone of the city contributed Rs. 14,800 as fine. The Dasarahalli zone collected Rs. 10,000 as fine from the residents.
From Monday, the restrictions on the lockdown were relaxed as the city was allowed to have the mobility of vehicles between 7 am and 7 pm. On Monday, the social distancing norm wasn’t followed. The Police personnel patrolled across the city keeping a close eye on the liquor shops which were opened after 46 days.
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The partial lockdown in Karnataka was announced on the 13th of March, much prior to the center’s nationwide lockdown. Since then up until Monday, the restrictions were stringent. As the restrictions were eased on Monday, the city saw a huge influx of vehicles and people on the streets of the city. The speed of the vehicles was restricted to 30km/hr.
Bengaluru Urban is one of the three red zones in the state of Karnataka as marked by the Central government along with Bengaluru Rural and Mysuru.
Source: The News Minute
