Delhi: 12,000 fined in two weeks for COVID-19 norm violations
What's the story
Cracking the whip against the violators of coronavirus-related protocols, the Delhi Police issued 11,800 challans for not wearing face masks and 125 for not maintaining social distancing in the last two weeks. According to data shared by the Delhi Police, 5,78,324 challans have been issued from June 15 till Friday, including 5,36,256 for not wearing face masks and 38,631 for not maintaining social distancing.
Numbers
Average challans rose from 272 to 842 per day
A total of 2,720 challans were issued to people for not wearing face masks from March 10 to March 19, this year, which translates to an average of 272 challans per day. Thirty-three challans have been issued in the same period for violating social distancing. However, in the last two weeks, police on average challaned 842 people per day for not wearing masks.
Police's actions
Delhi Police is taking strong action against violators
Recently, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal directed authorities in the national capital to intensify the enforcement of COVID-19 rules to check the spread of the coronavirus. Delhi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Chinmoy Biswal said they are taking strict action against the violators. "We have enhanced the checking and are issuing challans to people who are not following the COVID-19 norms," Biswal said.
Further data
Unbelievably high number of people are skipping wearing masks
On March 30, police issued 920 challans for mask violations and 19 for not following social distancing. On March 31, challans issued for the mask rule violation went up to 1,091 people. On Thursday and Friday, police issued challans to 1,127 and 1,203 people respectively for not wearing masks. The number of challans issued for violating social distancing was six on both days.
COVID-19 numbers
Delhi is seeing a fresh wave of COVID-19
Further, police distributed 132 masks to the needy on Friday and a total of 4,29,829 masks have been distributed since June 15, the data shared by the Delhi Police said. COVID-19 cases in the national capital have been increasing since March 19. On Friday, Delhi recorded 3,594 fresh cases of COVID-19, the highest daily count this year.