Doctors, journalists exempted from Chennai’s e-pass rule

Doctors, journalists exempted from Chennai’s e-pass rule

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:19.05.2021 

Police commissioner Shankar Jiwal on Tuesday exempted doctors, health workers, lawyers, journalists, essential commodities staff, state and central government employees, secretariat staff, embassy and consulate officials from carrying e-registration passes while travelling in the city.

However, they have to show their identity cards when asked.

The police are advised to have an exclusive lane for the ambulance vehicles to ply through the city without any stops, the release added.

If anyone is stopped by cops despite displaying their identity cards, they can contact public relations officer M S Baskar on his mobile 9498130011 or on the landline 04423452320.

On Tuesday morning, chaos prevailed on city roads as cops blocked roads to check e-passes.

The city police seized 4,107 vehicles from lockdown violators, and a fine amount of ₹16,57,500 was collected from them. Apart from them, the city police booked cases against 3,044 people for not wearing face masks and cases against 345 people for not maintaining social distancing.

As per a release, the health workers, doctors, journalists, essential commodities staff, state and central government staff, secretariat staff, embassy and consulate officials and lawyers have been allowed to travel in the city without availing the e registration pass