Jalandhar, July 13, 2020 (Yes Punjab News)
As part of it’s drive against the people who were not wearing the masks and violating the orders of Punjab Government, the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police has so far issued 17368 challans to them, under the ‘Mission Fateh’ initiated by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and imposed a fine of Rs 80.29 lakh on willful defaulters.
Divulging the details, the Commissioner of Police Mr. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that the Police have so far issued 17368 without mask challans and collected a fine worth Rs 80.29 lakh from the violators.
He said that a fine worth Rs 73000 has been imposed so far for violations of home quarantine instructions adding that 361 persons have been fined Rs 77100 for spitting in public place.
The Commissioner of Police said that a total of 42962 challans have been issued so far to the traffic violators and 2120 vehicles have been impounded.
The CP told that fine worth Rs 1.10 lakh has been imposed on overloaded 59 four wheelers, Rs 19000 on overloaded 35 Autos and fine worth Rs 3,08,000 has been imposed on 154 for violating social distancing norms.
Mr. Bhullar said that today, 205 traffic challans were issued by commissionerate police.
Mr Bhullar further revealed that today 265 persons without mask were challaned and a fine worth Rs 132500 was imposed on them.
He said that this drive would continue in the coming days and action would be taken against the violators adding that the people have to play a vanguard role for further checking the spread of COVID 19.
He said that it was the social responsibility of the residents to ensure the following the directives of the government to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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