Kolhapur: Kolhapur Municipal Commissioner Dr. Mallinath S. Kalshetti directed to officials to charged fine of Rs 5,000 from those who are not following ‘home quarantine’ rules in the kolhapur. The decision to quarantine the returnees from outside the district will has to be taken by ward secretaries as well with fine of Rs 5000 people will be into institutional quarantine.
The call to put them in-home or institutional quarantine would also be taken by the respective officials. The corporators on Friday also urged to civic chief Mallinath Kalshetti to release from this responsibility as the local returnees are forcing them to grant home quarantine in cases even when the locals are returned from the red zone areas. “To ensure strict monitoring of quarantining rules, we have now decided to authorise our officials to check all the documents of travel and medical check-up before granting institutional or home quarantine,” said a senior KMC official on condition of anonymity.