Bangalore airport to refuse boarding or evict passengers without mask inside terminal building

NEW DELHI: The Bangalore airport management has told TOI it will either not allow boarding of flights to passengers inside the terminal building who refuse to wear masks despite being requested to do so, or evict them from the terminal building.
While violators outside terminal building will be fined Rs 250 each.
Bangalore International Airport Ltd’s (BIAL) decision came hours after the government on Tuesday warned Covid norm violators at airports will face police action and may also be fined at some places.
Union aviation minister H S Puri on Tuesday warned the government is “moving in direction of punitive action by police against passengers who don’t comply.”
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed all airport operators to explore “taking punitive action, such as levy of spot fines… so as to serve a deterrent for violation of Covid-19 protocol.”