Pune: Peune and Pimpri Chinchwad Police are worried about evolving and diverse reasons present because they do not wear a mask of almost 18 months since the pandemic struck.
“On average, we still caught around 1,500 people every day in the city because they don’t wear masks or don’t use it properly.
Until last year, the figure stood around 4,500 every day so the amount was reduced,” said Commissioner Pune Pune Amitabh Gupta to the Toi.
The source of Pimpri Chinchwad Police said that, on average, they took action against around 250 people every day without a mask.
Last year, the figure stood an average of around 300 people, per day.
“Between March 2020 and July 3 this year, the police arrested around 5.20 lakh people and collected a fine of around RS25.02 Crore from people because they did not wear a mask in Pune.
Many people take Covid-19 very lightly even now.
They are even now.
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People tend to argue with unnecessary police when stopping on the road because they don’t wear a mask, “said a senior police officer.
“The reason many of them gave humor, even annoying.
After the first wave of last year, many people were found not wearing masks and most of them would claim to have forgotten the mask because it was a new concept.
Now, the weather is the most often reason.
Too hot or moist to wear a mask or they don’t want the mask wet in the rain.
Some people also say that because they have taken one or two vaccine doses, they don’t need to wear a mask anymore, “another officer said.
According to experts, among the main reasons the increase in recent cases is the lack of the right Covid-19 behavior.
“Disability, to a certain extent, came from the frustration and fatigue experienced by people when they were sick.
After the case fell last year, people had developed the wrong feeling wrong and thought that the second wave would not be about.
However, after the second wave caused havoc.
, the same can’t stand anymore.
People must be more patient and family members must often talk to each other, “said Binda Singh, a clinical psychologist.