In order to ensure that people take the COVID-19 protocols seriously and abide by them, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) fined seven housing societies Rs 10,000 each within a week as residents under quarantine violated the rules. Currently. At least 5,008 buildings under NMMC’s jurisdiction have been sealed and marked as micro- containment zones. Presidents and secretaries of the housing societies have been given the responsibility to ensure that residents abide by the rules.

According to the latest rules and regulations released by the Maharashtra government, housing societies having more than five COVID positive patients in a building are being marked as micro-containment zones. Floors with more than one positive patient are being sealed to contain spread of the virus. On April 5, the NMMC had released a notification saying that the housing societies found violating rules would be fined.