A surprise check and drive was carried out at different railway stations by the Central Railway on December 26. The authorities caught 190 persons for not wearing masks and levied fines amounting to Rs 35,150.
This comes at a time when Covid cases from the Omicron and Delta variants are increasing by the day and one could still see a substantial number of people not wearing masks while moving around in public.
According to CR officials, they are intensifying the drive against passengers not wearing masks for which they carried out this drive on Monday in trains and platforms in accordance with Government guidelines.
“190 persons have been apprehended for not wearing masks at Central Railway stations and collected Rs.35,150 as fine from them. Up to December 26, a total of 1710 persons have been found not wearing masks and fines of Rs 2.6 lakh has been realized,” said Shivaji Sutar, Chief PRO, Central Railway.
During the period April 17 to November 30, special teams of ticket checking personnel detected and penalized a total of 26,725 cases of passengers not wearing masks or face covers as per Covid-19 guidelines were detected and an amount of Rs 43.97 lakhs was collected as fines,
Out of these, the Mumbai Division comprising of the entire suburban section from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to Kalyan, Kasara, Karjat, Panvel and Thane-Vashi section saw 2,628 cases of mask-less people being caught from whom fines amounting to Rs 5.13 lakh was realized.
The remaining Bhusawal, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune Divisions have seen 24097 cases of mask-less passengers from whom fines of Rs 38.85 lakh was collected.
