Sindri: The
Dhanbad district administration will undertake a massive mask-checking campaign from Thursday and keep violators in daylong detention apart from slapping the stipulated fine, said officials. At the detention camp, detainees will be put through Covid-19 tests.
Dhanbad deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh said, “We are forced to take this step as people are not adhering to the Covid guidelines at markets and other public places.”
The detention camp has been set up at the JAP-3 camp at Govindpur. Three teams of flying squads have been constituted for the purpose and members of this team will keep moving from 8am to 12pm along with bus and police force on different routes and detain all those found without masks and not maintaining social distance in public places.
“A medical team along with an ambulance, necessary medicines and testing facilities will be stationed at the camp. Those detained will be made aware of the side-effects of the virus through audio-video messages and will be released from the camp at 4pm if test reports are negative. Those found positive will be transferred directly to the Covid Care Centres,” Singh said.
Meanwhile, Dhanbad SDO Surendra Kumar and Dy SP (law and order) Sarita Murmu launched a mask-checking campaign in Hirapur locality of Dhanbad and warned people not to venture out without masks. The officials also directed shopkeepers not to entertain customers without masks.
In yet another development, all gym operators of Dhanbad submitted a memorandum to the Dhanbad deputy commissioner to allow gyms to run with 50% capacity.