2,318 people arrested for violating COVID-19 Protocol and 21,477 fines were imposed for mask violations across the state in the last one week.
According to the Gujarat Police, a fine of Rs 2.14 crore was collected from 21,477 persons for mask violation and spitting in public across the state from January 1 to January 7 this year.
Similarly, a total of 2,624 cases were registered in which 2,318 people were arrested for violating the notification related to COVID protocol including night curfew. Similarly, a total of 2,642 vehicles were seized under the Motor Vehicles Act last week, informed Gujarat Police officials.
With the rise in COVID-19, the state government on Friday extended the night curfew timings from 10 pm to 6 am in ten cities – Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Anand, Nadiad, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Bhavnagar. Had given. In addition, offline classes for classes 1 to 9 have been postponed till January 31.
On Friday night, a virtual meeting was held between Gujarat Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia and senior police officers across the state, in which the action plan to implement the new orders of the government was discussed.
“Police officials have been asked to approach the people in a humane manner and explain to them the importance of following the night curfew. Whenever required, the police should engage with traders associations, local representatives and leaders through peace committee meetings to ensure adherence to the SOPs related to COVID,” read a statement from the office of DGP Ashish Bhatia.
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