Next time if you are caught without a face mask in public in Mumbai, get ready to sweep roads as part of community service if you fail to pay fine to the city civic body.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is making violators do community service in the form of sweeping roads if they are reluctant to pay Rs 200 as fine for not wearing masks in public places, according to civic officials.
In view of the coronavirus pandemic, authorities have made wearing of face masks mandatory in public to curb the spread of the infection.
The Maharashtra government on Thursday extended the ongoing lockdown by another month as cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continue to rise in the state. It will now remain in effect till November 30, officials said. With 6,738 cases in a single day, the Covid-19 tally in Maharashtra rose to 1,660,766 on Wednesday, a state health department official said. With 91 more people succumbing to the infection, the number of fatalities also increased to 43,554.
