Hyderabad: Mask must at Numaish or cough up Rs 1,000 fine

HYDERABAD:

Numaish

, the popular annual exhibition, is all set to start from Saturday at the Exhibition Ground at Nampally. Mask is a must for entry and anyone found without one would be fined 1,000.

On Friday,

DCP

(central zone)

P Vishwa Prasad

, who reviewed the arrangements at the Exhibition Ground, told media, “We have given a No-objection Certificate’ (NoC) to the All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE) Society to run the exhibition for 45 days from January 1 to February 15.”

The AIIE Society has assured that Covid-19 norms would be strictly followed keeping in view of the surge in

Omcron

variant cases, the DCP said. On fire safety, the DCP said that all stalls have to keep fire extinguishers.

AIIE Society secretary

Aditya Margam

said, “ID cards will not be issued to stalls till they produce their two-dose vaccine certificate. We can given second dose to any stall owner requiring it at the exhibition ground. The doses will also be available to unvaccinated visitors.”

He also said that instead of 2,500 stalls, licences were granted to 1,600 to maintain social distancing. The entry ticket has not been hiked and will be 30 per head, he said.

Last year, Numaish could not be held at the regular time due to the pandemic and subsequently a mini exhibition was held in October.