Indore has so far fined 9,183 people in this month for not wearing masks in public places. A total fine of ₹4.65 lakh has been collected from them, a civic official said. "We have ramped up the drive against people not wearing face masks in the wake of a spurt in COVID-19 cases.
Such people are being fined from ₹50 to ₹100 individually," PTI quoted the official of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) as saying.
73,526 people have been fined from 1 June, 2020 to 13 March, 2021 for disobeying Covid-19 rules, he said. The total amount collected from them is ₹96 lakh, he added.
Meanwhile, with 263 new cases, Indore's caseload went up to 62,152, while that of Bhopal rose to 45,336 with the addition of 139 cases.