AMC, police collect fine of Rs 2.5 cr from violators during lockdown

Aurangabad, June 22:

The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Department of Police (DoP) have collected a fine of Rs 2.50 crore from the citizens violating the Covid-19 guidelines and vehicle-owners violated the traffic norms during the lockdown, this year. The AMC has collected a fine of Rs 1.46 crore from citizens roaming in the city without wearing facemasks and the police administration collected a fine of Rs 1.02 crore from vehicle-owners violating the traffic norms in a span of three months.

As reported earlier, the administration was repeatedly appealing to the citizens to follow guidelines and instructions during the first wave and the second wave of Covid-19. However, many citizens took the appeal for granted. As a result, to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the city, the AMC deployed Nagrik Mitra Pathak. The squad comprises 70 personnel. They would visit different parts of the city and levy the fine (on the spot) if any person is spotted roaming without wearing a facemask. They would collect a fine of Rs 500 from each violator. Accordingly, the squad has collected a fine of Rs 1.46 crore. On other hand, the police administration also recorded 29,485 cases against different types of violators and collected a fine of Rs 1.02 crore.

The city traffic inspector Mukund Deshmukh said, " We resorted to 'nakabandi' during the lockdown. Each vehicle-owner passing by the checking points was being inquired. The aim was to reduce the traffic on the road. We took penal action against vehicle-owners riding their vehicles during lockdown without any valid reason. The duration of lockdown was more this year compared to the last year. Hence we had taken adequate measures to maintain law and order situation."

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29,485 cases filed by police

The cops filed 29,485 cases and collected a fine of 1.02 crore from the violators of vehicle norms from March 31 to June 03, 2021. The police collected a fine of Rs 55.80 lakh from vehicle-owners (11,161 cases) riding vehicles without wearing a helmet; Rs 10.76 lakh from four-wheelers (5,382 cases) driving without putting on seating belts; Rs 6.75 lakh from vehicles (3,200 cases) displaying fancy number plates; Rs 4.34 lakh from vehicle-owners (2,170 cases) speaking on mobile phones while riding/driving vehicles; Rs 5.34 lakh from youths (2,671 cases) riding motorcycles triple seat; Rs 3.52 lakh from vehicles (1,764 cases) parked in 'No Parking' zones and Rs 15.68 lakh from citizens (3137 cases) driving vehicles without licenses.