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Bhubaneswar Traders Fined Rs 90,000 For Violating Lockdown Guidelines

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The enforcement squad of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday collected a fine of Rs 90,000 from six bookstall owners and a jewellery shop owner for violating the lockdown guidelines.

According to reports, the enforcement team led by the deputy commissioner of the south-east zone Anshuman Rath, deputy commissioner Purandar Nanda and assistant commissioner Lilan Sahoo raided the market complex near Ram Mandir and booked six bookstall owners for opening their stalls in a complex and collected Rs 10,000 fine each from them.

The team later went to Bapuji Nagar and collected a fine of Rs 30,000 from a jewellery shop owner for a similar offence.

The team was accompanied by the Kharavela Nagar police.

Notably, BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary had recently issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for the traders and asked them not to open their shops inside market complexes having more than five shops.

OB Bureau

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