Ahmedabad: Even after watching the two waves of the Covid-19 killer, Gujarat has continuously opposed the clear mask norms of fines figures collected from the perpetrators who were caught on the road without a mask.
According to Gujarat police figures, the police recovered Rs 294 Crore because they did not wear masks of 41.60 lakh actors between June 24, 2020 and December 2, 2021.
This means, on average, the violator of the cough mask Rs 56 lakh every day in the year -The year covid.
This number is half of the money invested to build a covid sophisticated hospital and almost the same to build four flyovers in the city.
If the oxygen plant has been set with a capacity of 2,000 liters per minute that has a cost of RS 13 Crore, then at least 22 of these plants can be made.
According to data, Gujarat police restored Rs 247 Crore from 36.80 lakh offenders between June 24, 2020 and June 23, 2021.
In the last five months of June to November, the state police were collected around Rs 47 Crore in a fine.
“We will intensify the drive mask as soon as the new variant Omicron Covid-19 has been reported in the state,” said a police officer.
A senior police officer told Tii, “We have fined 41.60 lakh people because they don’t wear a mask in one and a half years.
They pay Rs 294 Crore in fine.
This means, we have fined around 8,000 people every day.” Rather than paying Rs 1,000 to the police for not wearing masks, people must understand that mask norms are only for their safety.
So, they can buy at least 10 proper masks with this number, “he added.
Other police officers said that people did not grow the habit of wearing masks even after witnessing two waves of killers in the state.
Like a helmet, people usually wear masks when they see the police and release or pull under their chin later, said a police officer.