Covid: Fresh curbs issued for Mumbai

Mumbai: Taking a serious note of rising coronavirus cases, the BMC has decided to implement Covid-19 regulations strictly across the city. People not wearing masks in public will be fined by the civic body, which has also decided to deploy marshals in local trains.

Taking a serious note of rising coronavirus cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to implement Covid-19 regulations strictly across the city. People not wearing masks in public will be fined by the civic body, which has also decided to deploy marshals in local trains to keep an eye on those travelling without masks. BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal on Thursday held a meeting with municipal officials and instructed them to implement Covid-19 guidelines strictly to discourage people from violating rules.

Mr Chahal issued a circular stating that wearing masks has now been made mandatory in the city. “All persons will have to wear masks in public places including streets, shops, offices, hospital premises, local trains, and public transport services. People found violating the rule will be punished by the civic body,” it said.

To take action against people violating rules, the BMC has decided to double the number of clean-up marshals in the city from 2400 to 4800. In addition to this, 300 marshals will be deployed in the local trains to penalise people travelling without mask. “It has been observed in some studies that wearing a facial mask can reduce the spread of coronavirus substantially to persons coming in close contact with each other apart from compulsory social distancing measures,” said Mr Chahal.