Cops maintain strict vigil to enforce weekend lockdown

Prayagraj: Cops on Sunday maintained a strict vigil in the city, including in the trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna area to strictly enforce weekend lockdown and challaned over 130 persons for not wearing masks. However, most of the streets on Sunday wore a deserted look owing to the weekend Covid lockdown.
The police checked over 3,000 vehicles in the past 48 hours and challaned over 200 people for not carrying required documents. Police also inspected several localities, including Rajapur, Ashok Nagar, Mumfordganj, Mutthiganj, Attarsuiya, Cantt, Alopibagh and Daraganj after receiving reports that owners of grocery shops had partially opened shutters and attended customers in early morning hours.
Checking drive was also intensified in the old city areas and over 10 persons were challaned on charges of opening their shops despite lockdown. The mobile police teams patrolled market areas in evening hours and fined over 138 people for not wearing masks in the last 24 hours.
A close vigil is also being maintained on micro containment zones. Even as the city has less than 180 active cases, senior police officials continue to urge citizens to follow Covid protocol. A senior cop said that mobile teams continued to make announcements to appeal to people to stay indoors during the weekend lockdown.