" बिना मास्क में 1142 लोगों से जुर्माने के रूप में 2,28,400 रुपये,"
This seems to be the most hypocritical of it. Anyone travelling at any station/train of NER is most likely to be unmasked simply because it is unenforced and/or most folks have had their shots. The counter argument would be "But But the law says to wear the ask". Well, I saw unmasked police RPF officers and TTE. Do fine them as well. Either REGULARLY enforce the mask requirement or don't jump through bureaucratic hoops to collect fines.
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I am fine with fines as for creating waste and/or ticketless travel since those are crimes for multiple decades. But if being maskless is a crime, then possibly the whole of Lucknow city ought to be in jail currently.