Of the total ₹ 35.68 lakh fine collected for violating mask norms, a maximum of over ₹ 5.92 lakh was collected from offenders in Jamshedpur.
Putting a brave face amid the Covid pandemic, the Jharkhand Police is all geared up to enforce stricter lockdown provisions and has collected over ₹ 35 lakh as fine from people for not wearing masks in public places.
This is when about 12 percent of the force were afflicted with the virus in line of duty and separate isolation centers have been created in all police lines and other establishments.
"Enforcing provisions for the safety of masses during the ongoing restrictions, the state police has collected ₹ 35.68 lakh as fine from masses violating norms of wearing masks till May 11," senior police official Neeraj Sinha told PTI.
Mr. Sinha said the action was taken against 42,714 people for not wearing masks during the period and 71 cases of violation were registered against them and the police force is all geared up to enforce stricter provisions under lockdown restrictions till May 27.
Fighting a massive second wave in Covid cases in the tribal state, men in khaki in Jharkhand are playing the role of COVID-19 warriors right from lending help to citizens to get oxygen and beds to enforcing restrictions to contain the deadly surge and maintaining law and order.
As many as 7,343 policemen out of about 60,000-strong police force have been afflicted with the virus in the line of duty and 30 of them lost their lives.
Of the total ₹35.68 lakh fine collected for violating mask norms, a maximum of over ₹ 5.92 lakh was collected from offenders in Jamshedpur, followed by over ₹ 5.79 lakh from people in Chaibasa and over ₹ 5.24 lakh from people in Dhanbad.
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