AHMEDABAD: An analysis of figures shows that the highest number of mask offences were registered in the four big cities of the state: Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara. This trend has been seen because these cities have large populations and cops continued to hold drives against people without masks.
Senior police officers said that Ahmedabad city has a population of about 60 lakh and it has registered 6.63 lakh cases of mask offences between June 24, 2020, and June 28, 2021. This means that over 10% of the population of the city was caught by cops for not wearing masks for which they paid Rs 53.21 crore in fines.
Similarly, other major cities also recorded a high number of mask offences and the total fines collected from the four big cities has reached nearly Rs 117 crore.
The state has collected Rs 253 crore in fines between June 24, 2020, and June 28, 2021, and the major cities contributed nearly 47% of the mask fines to the state exchequer.
This huge collection came even after the cops showed a lenient approach in collecting fines during the festival season in October last year and during the local body polls in February this year.
