Ranchi: People found flouting
pandemic safety norms and other traffic rules in Ranchi will be taken for immediate coronavirus tests and those testing positive will have to stay at Covid care centres or hospitals till they recuperate. The choice of staying in home isolation will not be applicable for these violators, district authorities said on Tuesday.
On Monday, the administration had earmarked two testing centres at Sainik market and Khadgadha to test people moving around without masks. The district administration also said employees of commercial establishments violating the safety norms will be tested for Covid.
The Ranchi district administration said stringent action will be taken against people out in public places without masks and those driving two-wheelers without helmets. On Tuesday, traffic police stopped violators at Albert Ekka Chowk and took them to various Covid test centres.
Ranchi deputy commissioner Chhavi Ranjan said, “If a person caught without a mask or driving around without
helmet tests positive, he will be taken straight to a Covid care centre. There will be no provision for home isolation for these people,” Ranjan warned. Action will also be initiated by the traffic police under relevant sections of the Motor Vehicle Act.
Ranjan added that the stringent measures have to be taken in view of the large gatherings that took place during Diwali and Chhath festivities recently. During the revelries and rituals, dozens of people were seen in large groups without maintain social distancing or wearing masks. The East Singhbhum district administration, has launched a crackdown on those who refuse to wear masks in Jamshedpur.