Ranchi residents comply with lockdown rules but fail to wear face masks

RANCHI: Residents of Ranchi city were among the most disciplined in following the rules during the complete lockdown imposed in the state on Sunday to stop the Covid-19 infection chain while Chaibasa and Giridhih fared poorly on this front. Ranchiites, however, were the highest violators when it comes to wearing of masks.
During the complete lockdown, all commercial establishments barring the medical shops remained closed across the state.
According to the figures issued by the state police headquarters, as many as 2,272 lockdown violations were reported from across the state. Three FIRs — two in Jamshedpur and one in Saraikela — were also registered against the violators while two persons were arrested from Saraikela.
Of the 24 districts, Ranchi, Khunti, Simdega, Lohardgga, Saraikela, Latehar, Chatra, Dhanbad, Deoghar and Jamtara registered no case of violations like crowding, holding of events and movement without e-pass among others.
SP (Ranchi city) Saurabh said, “People are much more cooperative now. We had also undertaken awareness drives, including the holding of flag marches, to ensure compliance of the norms.”
SP (Khunti) Ashutosh Shekhar stated, “With the market remaining closed, people mostly remained indoors. There was no requirement to use force.”
Meanwhile, Chaibasa with a figure of 41, recorded the highest number of lockdown violations followed by Giridih (27) and Jamshedpur (22).
When it came to wearing masks, several districts, including Gumla, Lohardaga and Jamshedpur, registered no violation. In contrast, the highest amount of Rs 24,500 was collected for not wearing masks from 49 persons in Ranchi and Rs 23,000 from 46 persons in Giridih.
It may be stated here that several districts, including Dhanbad, registered no incident of lockdown violation and non-wearing of masks. SSP (Dhanbad) Asim Vikrant Minz, however, said “The violation of the norms has come down sharply though it is not zero. Maybe some information reached the police headquarters late.”