Maharashtra | Covid-19
245 people fined in Mumbai restaurant for breaking Covid-19 rules
Mumbai/UNI/IBNS: As many as 245 people were fined for not wearing a mask and violating social distancing norms in a night club at wee hours on Thursday, BMC officials said.
A fine of Rs 19,400 were also collected from them.
BMC has also sealed the restaurant cum bar near Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai for violating social distancing norms amid the spike in Covid-19 cases.
Beside this police has also registered FIR based on the complaint filed by the BMC against the restaurant after 245 people were found there without wearing masks.
The officials said the restaurant was also not operating with 50 per cent capacity.
The Maharashtra government issued a notification on Monday restricting establishments like cinema halls, hotels, restaurants and offices, except health care and essential services facilities to operate with 50 per cent capacity. Violation would result in closure of the establishment as long as Centre's notification of the COVID-19 pandemic describes it as a "disaster".
No one will be allowed inside an establishment without wearing a mask and a temperature check.
On Wednesday, Maharashtra recorded 23,179 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day infection count so far this year.
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