Over 2,700 people have been fined by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in the last five months for stepping out in public without wearing masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Friday. As per the Union government's guidelines following the viral outbreak, the civic body made masks mandatory in public
places since April 9. The civic body in Mumbai has collected a total of Rs 27.48 lakh in fines from 2,798 citizens between April 9 and August 31, the official said.

At least 9,954 citizens were issued warnings by the civic body's solid waste management department, which is
keeping a check on violations, for not wearing masks correctly, he said. The civic body has directed to collect Rs 1,000 fine from violators of the mask rule. According to the civic body, Rs 5.04 lakh were collected in fines in K-West ward that includes Andheri West, which is the highest in the city.