6,400 residents were fined for not wearing masks in public places during three days. Police drive was launched to check the spread of novel coronavirus in Prayagraj. The past three days, police realised Rs 6.65 lakh in fine from those who are not wearing mask.

The number of residents who were fined on September 24, 25 And 26 was 2,795, 2,044 and 1,605 respectively. Police realised Rs 1.68 lakh in fine from violators on Saturday and Rs 2.11 lakh and Rs 2.85 lakh on Friday and Thursday.
A senior police official “Awareness can be used a major weapon to defeat the disease. Police is reaching out to every citizen with an appeal to follow covid 19 safety protocol.”

The highest number of challans (51,697) were issued in Prayagraj district followed by Fatehpur (3,901), Pratapgarh ( 3,815) and Kaushambi (3,578). police realised Rs 62.48 lakh in fine during the drive. The district was followed by Kaushambi (Rs 6.03 lakh), Fatehpur (Rs 4.72 lakh), and Pratapgarh ( Rs 3.92 lakh).

Recently, Allahabad high court issued mandamus for entire UP directing that “no person should be seen outside his/her house without a mask  on his/her face and he/she should check that the mask covers both the nose and the mouth”.

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