Nagpur: NDS march reminds citizens to follow Covid-19 guidelines

NAGPUR: Ahead of the festive season, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s nuisance detection squad (NDS) took out a flag march in the city’s commercial areas on Thursday.
The civic cops led by deputy municipal commissioner Dr Pradip Dasarwar and NDS commandant Virsen Tambe were seen appealing to the citizens to use masks and maintain physical distancing while venturing out of their homes.
“The flag march was taken out following the directives of municipal commissioner Radhakrishan B,” said Dr Dasarwar, adding, “The city’s commercial areas may witness rush due to the ensuing Navratra commencing on October 17 and to ensure that both shoppers and shopkeepers follow Covid-19 guidelines like using masks, sanitisers and maintain physical distancing, the NDS team created awareness in commercial areas like Cotton Market, Sitabuldi, Gokulpeth, Mahal, Itwari, Gandhibagh, Jaripatka, Kamal Chowk and Sakkardara.”
The flag march was taken out to create awareness among citizens to break the chain of the coronavirus. The NDS team also penalized around 168 citizens for venturing out without masks. The team collected Rs84,000 from the offenders. “So far, from September 4 to October 15, the NDS team has penalized 12,314 citizens and collected Rs45.16 lakh in fine,” said Tambe.