KOLKATA: A month on, there is least regard for the DGCA-enforced mask mandate at Kolkata airport — be it on part of passengers or airport and airline employees — although Bengal witnessed close to 3,000-odd cases in a day and three deaths on Friday. Kolkata airport rolled out a fine of Rs 100 for errant passengers. But the state of implementation is evident in the fact that only 155 have been fined so far in a month. The airport has an average daily footfall of 45,000-plus.
TOI was at the airport for more than an hour on Thursday and found CISF officials — some with masks below their noses — standing beside “No Mask No Entry” posters and allowing passengers without masks to enter. Inside, flyers, airport staff, airline employees, CISF and Bidhannagar Police personnel were found without masks or with masks hanging below the chin, and no official bothering to book or ask them to get it right.
