Bengaluru: With public transport riders in the city increase, Namma Metro and BMTC have intensified the enforcement of Covid-19 safety rules.
Commuters who do not use masks are slapped with a fine.
Between July 1 and July 12, a fine of RS 2.8 lakh was collected from 1,148 Metro riders, according to the Note Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).
In the period from March 24 to April 27, before the second wave Covid-19 forced the state government to impose the Kuncian, 1,747 drivers fined total Rs 4.3 lakh.
“We impose a fine of each RS 250 on those who do not use masks.
We only allow passengers with masks inside the metro station.
Some people remove or lower their facial cover after entering the station or ride the train.
Our team regularly monitors such passengers , “said a senior BMRCL official.
Bangalore officials Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) said that the penalty for bus passengers without a mask was Rs 100.
“We have collected Rs 53.9 lakh as a fine of 53,978 passengers from April 2020 to March 2021.
We conducted inspections at the main bus terminus in the city To uphold the rules, “said an official.
The South Western Railway (SWR) imposes a fine of Rs 250 for the same violation at the station and the train.
“We received instructions on the same thing from the railroadboard on April 17, 2021.
No penalty collected in 2020.
Between April 17 and July 12 this year, RS 58,650 was collected from 235 passengers in the Bengaluru Division,” said a senior official , KSRTC has not issued a circle for fine passengers who say masks.
“We haven’t ordered a case so far.
But we don’t allow passengers to enter the bus without a mask.
Some passengers remove the mask as soon as they take the bus.
Our staff asked people to put it back; they uphold the rules without imposing a fine,” said a senior KSRTC official.
, KSRTC continues to order people to spit or urinate near the terminus bus.
It was registered 4.6 lakh cases to spit on the bus station throughout Karnataka from April 2020 to 2021 March and 17,100 from April 2021 to June 2021.
For violations of urinating, 6.4 lakh was recorded between April 2021 and 32,800 between April 2021 and 32,800 between April 2021 and 32.800 between April 2021 and 32.800 between 2021 and June 2021.
Some passengers complained that it was difficult to continue to wear a mask during a long distance trip.
Officials and experts insist that security measures must be followed, especially amid fears of the potential of the third wave of pandemic.