Maharashtra criminalises spitting, smoking in public
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Maharashtra criminalises spitting, smoking in public
The Maharashtra government has made spitting, smoking and consumption of tobacco products in public punishable offences in the state, which has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country so far.
State Health Minister Rajesh Tope made this announcement in a statement.
The first-time violators will have to pay Rs 1,000 fine and perform public service for one day, he said.
The second-time offenders will have to pay Rs 3,000 fine and perform public service for three days, the minister added.
“After that the punishment would be Rs 5,000 fine and five days of public service,” he said.
Apart from this, as per various sections of the Bombay Police Act andthe Indian Penal Code (IPC), the punishment will range from six months to two years of jail or fine, Tope said in the statement.
Till Friday night, Maharashtra had recorded 62,228 coronavirus positive cases, while the total number of deaths till then was 2,098. — PTI
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mumbai main to log phoonk rehla hai bhai aaj hi dekha mast enjoy karle hai sutta marne waale
We have something similar here for a while now (Karnataka*)
200rs fine for not wearing mask
and 1000 fine for spitting,littering (1st time)..2000 for second
https://twitter.com/BBMPCOMM/status/12636838433...
https://twitter.com/dhfwka/status/1256214416485...
In Mumbai people are riding triple seat on bikes, social distance is a joke……
This should have been done 50 years back throughout the globe
Waise sutta mil kehan reha hai…