Maha: More than 400 people in Pune district convicted of monsoon tourism over the weekend




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Pune, July 10th (PTI) One day after Maharashtra Deputy Prime Minister Ajit Pawar urged authorities to take tough measures against people visiting monsoon tourist spots in Pune District over the weekend that were infected with COVID-19 “Defying norms, rural police fined 424 night owls and collected Rs 1.99,600 from them by Saturday night,” a senior officer said. “Despite the COVID-19 restrictions on the weekends, many people came to Lonavala, one of the famous monsoon tourist spots. We deployed staff in various locations in Lonavala city and rural areas. The police fined 100 revelers who visited Lonavala, and fined Rs 47,000, “Pune Police Superintendent Abhinav Deshmukh told reporters. According to Pune Rural Police, they also fined night owls who visited famous monsoon tourist spots such as Sinhagad Fort, Panshet Dam, Bhor, Velha, Kamshet and Junnar. Since that morning, police have fined 424 night owls in the district and fined 1,99,600 rupees. Meanwhile, Pune County reported 1,114 new coronavirus-positive cases on Saturday, bringing the figure to 10,62,995, while 14 more deaths raised the toll to 18,081, a health department official said. PTI COR NSK NSK

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