The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued an order on Monday about imposing a fine of Rs 1,000 on those not wearing a mask. But it has already been collecting Rs 1,000 as a fine from April 15. It has also collected fines worth over Rs 20 lakh between April 9 and June 30 for the same reason. After the new order, clean up marshals collected Rs 35,000 in fines on Tuesday.

Initially no arrest
The BMC had issued an order on April 8 making masks mandatory and threatened violators with arrest, but did not mention a fine. However, the BMC started collecting fines from April 9, initially Rs 200 per person. It collected R1,200 from six people till April 11. But from April 15, the marshals began to collect Rs 1,000 per person and collected Rs 21,000 in fines.