Within three days, Fine Of More Than Rs 90 Lakh Collected For Violation of Covid Guidelines

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): As soon as Covid Enforcement Drive in the state, Within three days a fine of Rs. 90,67,600 collected by The Odisha police.

Odisha Police has acted against 12145 people for violating mask usage and social distancing rules and collected a fine of Rs. 38, 98, 250, in the last 24 hours.

Bhubaneswar DCP (Crime) Nirmala Satpathy said The Odisha government has created around 20 teams in order to strictly enforce the mask-wearing rules in Bhubaneswar. The team will focus on crowded places like market building and other busy markets.

DCP (Crime) has further added that the police personnel will carry out raids to nab the people violating the rules of wearing masks and maintaining social distancing and take strict actions against them.

On the first day of Covid Enforcement Drive, the police had collected Rs. 25,07,900 and Rs. 30,59,650 on the second day.