1,007 people sent to temporary jail for not wearing masks: ADM

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Under the direction of the Collector and District Magistrate, necessary action is being taken by the joint team of Revenue, Police and Municipal Corporation, on those who do not wear masks.  On Wednesday, 1007 violators were sent to temporary jail.  Giving information, Additional District Magistrate Smt. Bidisha Mukherjee said that the campaign is being organized by a jointly formed team under the guidance of Collector Ashish Singh to prevent the corona infection.  Action is being taken against those who do not wear masks in the campaign and they are being kept in a temporary made in Madhav College.  Such individuals are spending about four hours in temporary for not wearing masks.  It is compulsory to take two masks for Rs 10 each while swearing to wear the masks while releasing the arrested person from temporary jail, and pledge to follow the social distancing. Additional District Magistrate Smt. Bidisha Mukherjee instructed the individuals in the temporary jail to be built in Madhav College to leave their homes with compulsory masks.  Also, social distancing should also be compulsorily done.  He said that despite repeated public instructions, some people are not using masks while they are out of their homes, so the joint team is campaigning and capturing people wearing non-masks and being kept in temporary jails.  He is being released from a temporary jail within a specified time-limit.  ADM Smt. Mukherjee said that similarly the directors of the business institutions of the city have been instructed to wear masks themselves and customers coming to their places should be instructed to wear masks.  In addition, the directors of their institutions have also been instructed to follow the social distancing in customers.  If the above instructions are not followed, necessary action will be taken on those institutions.  Till Wednesday, 2 September, people who are not wearing masks are kept in the temporary jail at Madhav College and they are released after certain time and they are being given two-domask paid.

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