Ahmedabad: Eight caught every hour breaking Covid protocol

AHMEDABAD: Even though the city reported two killer waves of the Covid-19 pandemic taking toll of thousands of lives, Amdavadis continue to break the corona protocol, and caught by cops. A comprehensive analysis of total figures of detention of violators suggests that on an average eight Amdavadis were caught by police every hour for breaching Covid protocols since the lockdown was imposed in 2020. This does not include cases for not wearing masks.
As on June 19, as many as 73,867 cases of violation of Covid norms were reported in which 82,696 persons were caught in those offences, state figures of the city police.

This means, on an average, around 182 persons were caught every day while breaking the Covid norms.
The city has reported 2.30 lakh Covid cases as on June 19 which means it has reported around 21 Covid cases every hour since the first case was reported on March 19 last year.
A senior police officer of the city said that the people were usually caught violating curfew norms during the night and caught for not giving a substantial reason.
Apart from roaming out in night, people do not follow social distancing and especially traders, small shopkeepers and vendors were booked for violating of Covid norms as they did not ensure social distancing among customers.