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Mumbai: COVID-19 protocols go for toss as people violate social distancing norms, go maskless
Updated On: 20 February, 2021 11:22 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mid-day photographers captured several people at Malad and Kandivli stations violating social distancing norms while standing in queues at the ticket counter and not wearing the mask properly while travelling on local trains. Some commuters were even seen without a mask at the stations and in the local trains.
A youngster roams without a mask amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city at Kandivli's Thakur village. All Pics/Satej Shinde
After nearly three months, Maharashtra on Friday saw the number of new COVID-19 cases surge past 6,000 and amid the rising number of cases, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray hinted at another lockdown in the state.
Stepping up its efforts to check the spread of COVID in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has doubled the number of clean-up marshals to penalise those roaming without a mask.
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