Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Mar 24: Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner (DC) Dr Rajendra K V, visited different places in the State Bank area, Bunder, Azizuddin Road etc on Tuesday March 23 and educated people to strictly adhere to corona guidelines. He also ordered some of the entities found wanting in following the norms, to pay the prescribed fine.

He said that people without masks are not allowed inside his office. He said that the people need to strictly follow the COVID rules without fail in government and private offices and warned that violators will be fined. He also stopped some private buses and motorbikes and asked them to wear masks. He also instructed the bus drivers and conductors not to allow people without masks to board the buses.

He took people in two stalls at Azizuddin road to task for not wearing masks. He asked officials to levy fine of Rs 5,000 to each of these organizations. He also warned that if he finds people working without masks inside the companies, he will get the licences cancelled. He also levied fine on the owner of a shop on Mohammad Road, Bunder, after finding during the raid that the shop owner was working without wearing the mask. He warned that repeated violation will attract heavier fine and closure of the shop.

He ordered the officials to note down the registered number of an auto rickshaw moving on J M Road in Bunder after finding that its driver was not wearing a mask, and advised them to impose fine. He also instructed auto drivers not to allow people without masks to board their three-wheelers.