Disciplining the maskless is turning out to be a tough task for BMC's clean-up marshals. The civic body's mask force is able to achieve about 55 to 60 per cent of its target of penalising 24,000 violators a day, said officials.

The BMC collected Rs 26.47 lakh from 13,235 people who had ventured out without the protective gear against coronavirus on Thursday, taking the total number of such errant persons to 8.33 lakh since the pandemic broke out in March. The corporation has so far got fines over '17 crore from people without masks, including Rs 8 crore in the past one month.