Chennai: Some of the last relaxed restrictions, Civic’s body and police trying to ensure people can live their daily lives after covid behavior.
The Enforcement Team from Chennai Corporation and the police armed with thermal scanners and sanitisers will monitor public places and malls and theaters to ensure people follow the rules that wear masks, maintain social distance and allow themselves to subject to opening coastal temperature, gym / facilities Fitness, swimming pool, theater, bar from Monday.
“We have identified around 45 critical locations where crowding occurs and ensures an official is placed there with a thermal gun and cleaners.
However, there are more than 700 parks.
In theaters, we have created awareness among employees and responsibilities will be individuals, “Vishu Mahajan said, deputy commissioner (income and finance).
In each of 15 zones, the law enforcement team consisting of revenue department officials and two policemen will go around responding to complaints raised through Helpline -1913.
At the Marina, people who enter without a mask will be punished.
About 200 police will be deployed and the entry point will decrease.
All-terrain vehicles, drones, and public address systems will be used to arrange crowds when police expect a surge in visitors at night.
The watch tower will also be installed if the number is high, a police officer said.
Monitoring will increase when authorities find people and companies violate the rules every time the restrictions relax in the past.
Corporate data shows that of only 300 in just the first two weeks of August, the number of individuals punished for mask compliance rose to 1,200 in the past week.
“Everyone who visits these places ideally will be vaccinated and regardless of the theater where 50% occupancy is allowed, there may be 100% occupancy elsewhere,” Mahajan said.
Some residents feel there must be an exclusive Helpline protocol to ensure people follow the rules because this city almost returns to normal pre-covid.
Shanthi Kamalakaran, a resident of Adyar, said that when corporate officials cannot be everywhere, some responsible residents can always act as a citizen activist and help the Civic body avoid potential clusters.
“For example, last week, in a restaurant there was no thermal cleaner or weapon.
There was no response after complaining on Helpline 1913.
And zonal officials claimed it was not their job.
It comes under the income department.
When cluster plants rise, it will affect all City.
More focus must be included in the monitoring of the Covid protocol with everything that is open, especially the school, “he said.