PUNE: The
Pune Cantonment Board has decided to stop people without
face masks from entering its limits from Saturday (Nov 28).
“We will deploy volunteers, besides, health department staffers and the police at 13
vehicle entry points to ensure that people, irrespective of the vehicle they are driving, are not allowed in our jurisdiction without face masks,” Amit Kumar, the
PCB’s chief executive officer, told TOI on Wednesday.
He said the PCB officials recently held a meeting with the elected members from the eight wards to discuss this measure. Within the cantonment limits, the authorities are already implementing a drive against violation of face mask rule.
Dr V D Gaikwad, PCB’s resident medical officer, said, “The Covid-19
positivity rate in
Pune cantonment is 2%. If we want to maintain or further reduce this rate, we have to pay extra attention to
social distancing norms.”