<p class="title">The Ahmedabad civic body has made it compulsory for people to wear masks in public places from Monday, owing to the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">coronavirus</a> epidemic, failing which offenders will be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three-year imprisonment, an official said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-3-deaths-in-telangana-1-new-case-in-manipur-all-returned-from-nizamuddin-meet-817763.html"><b>Track live updates on coronavirus here</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">"Wearing masks has been made mandatory for everybody while stepping out of their homes, starting 6 am on Monday," Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-12-824309.html"><b>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">Those who fail to comply with the order will be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three years in jail, Nehra said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An order to this effect has been passed under the Epidemic Diseases Act, he said. </p>
<p class="title">The Ahmedabad civic body has made it compulsory for people to wear masks in public places from Monday, owing to the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">coronavirus</a> epidemic, failing which offenders will be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three-year imprisonment, an official said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-3-deaths-in-telangana-1-new-case-in-manipur-all-returned-from-nizamuddin-meet-817763.html"><b>Track live updates on coronavirus here</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">"Wearing masks has been made mandatory for everybody while stepping out of their homes, starting 6 am on Monday," Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra told reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-12-824309.html"><b>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">Those who fail to comply with the order will be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three years in jail, Nehra said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An order to this effect has been passed under the Epidemic Diseases Act, he said. </p>