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Rajasthan: Civic bodies collect Rs 4 crore in fines for Covid violations | Jaipur News

JAIPUR: After being given powers under the Rajasthan Epidemic Diseases Act 2020, the local municipal bodies in the state are imposing fines worth approximately Rs 10 lakh per day on establishments and people violating the Covid norms and health protocol.
In view of the steep rise in Covid cases, Rajasthan government had announced curbs for 15 days starting from Monday, which will continue till May 3. The municipal bodies are imposing fines on violators of the guidelines.
As per the data, local bodies across the state have collected approximately Rs 4.29 crore in past 40 days from fines.
The state government has empowered local bodies to impose fines under three categories. A revenue rank inspector in the local bodies can impose Rs 500 penalty on violators who do not wear mask. Similarly, local bodies’ officers can levy fine of Rs 500 on shopkeepers who sell goods without wearing mask. For not maintaining social distancing, the department has fixed Rs 100 as fine. Under this category, the local bodies have collected fines worth Rs 3 crore.
Secondly, an amount of Rs 9 lakh from marriage garden owners has been collected. Under the last category, the local bodies have collected Rs 68 crore from the establishments who were violating the norms. An official said, “Apart from this, the local bodies have collected Rs 18 lakh from violators. This amount was collected between March 8 and April 20.”
The highest collection of Rs 1.24 crore was made by local bodies in Jaipur district from fines. It was followed by Ajmer local bodies where Rs 80.76 was collected.
At the same time, finance department has asked the municipal bodies to send the account of fines collected from the public. The department has shot a letter thrice to the local bodies in the state, however, it did not receive any reply yet. “The first letter was sent on February 12, while reminders were sent on March 18 and 30,” said a source.

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