Mysore/Mysuru: After a nudge from the State Government and the District Administration to strongly deal with people without masks, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the City Police have jointly begun an operation to levy fines. The intensified drive that began yesterday saw teams from MCC and the Police stopping pedestrians and motorists and issuing challans after collecting money for violation. While people within city limits are fined Rs. 250, people residing and travelling without masks beyond city are fined Rs. 100.
The mask mandate assumes significance in the wake of increasing COVID-19 and its Omicron variant forcing the Government to re-impose restrictions including night curfew and weekend curfew. What has upset the administration is the casual and careless way people are responding to the pandemic, risking their own lives and the lives of others.
