AHMEDABAD: The state police has decided to go strict on implementation of corona guidelines and mask rules from Sunday. In Ahmedabad alone, cops registered 158 cases of violation of Covid guidelines in a single day on Friday.
“Police have been taking measures for strict implementation of Covid guidelines. They collected fine of Rs 1,000 from 97,903 people for not wearing face masks in the past week. During this period, 3,830 FIRs were registered and 3,206 people arrested for violating social distancing norms. A total of 381 vehicles were seized for night curfew violation,” DGP Ashish Bhatia said.
He also urged people to compulsorily register online for marriage functions during the ongoing season as well as adhere to the attendance cap of 150 people at such events.
The night curfew, which will be in force from 10pm to 6am, was announced in 17 towns for the first time by the state government recently, while such curbs are already in place in 10 major cities of the state.
“Police officers, including SPs and Range IGs, have been informed through video conferencing about strict implementation of night curfew in 17 additional towns. They have been asked to enforce it with officer-oriented policing with human approach, involving local police, home guards and GRDs (gram rakshak dal),” said Bhatia.
