Covid Protocol

Why no mask? ‘I am alone on the bike’, says lad in Bhowanipore

The mask mandate continues to be followed more in breach than in compliance across Kolkata

By Jhinuk Mazumdar, Gautam Bose | Published 24.01.22, 10:59 AM

A girl in Bhowanipore in south Kolkata was on the phone and her mask was on her chin. “I am talking on the phone and the mask slipped. I did not notice it,” she said.

A man was on the bike in Bhowanipore in south Kolkata without a mask. “I am alone on the bike and I am not in contact with anybody. Why do I need a mask?” he said.

“I am going to a shop close by and in a hurry I forgot to carry the mask,” said a man on Sarat Bose Road in south Kolkata.

Outside Victoria Memorial this man was without a mask, and that too deliberately, he said. “I have come here so that I can breathe in some fresh air, pollution-free. I have come here so that I can stand here without the mask,” he said.

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