More than 4.22 lakh people have been fined in Uttarakhand for not abiding by COVID-19 norms, including not wearing masks while stepping outdoors, since the lockdown started. So far, the State has raised a fine amount of close to Rs 15 crore from this, informed Director General of Police (Law and Order) Ashok Kumar in a press note.
The data collated by the State police revealed that a total of 3.03 lakh people have been penalised for not covering their face while 49,852 people violated social distancing rules in public places.
Kumar further informed that a total of 4,646 personnel, officials from the State police department were quarantined out of which 1,121 were found positive for the novel coronavirus.
( With inputs from ANI )
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