There is no place on Mumbai’s suburban network for the maskless was the message authorities tried to send out as local trains opened to all on Monday. The railways had put up an elaborate arrangement of security personnel to penalise the reckless and control crowd.

Helped by the Government Railway Police and Railway Police Force, civic officials fined about 850 passengers for not wearing masks. Action was taken against 261 rail users only at CSMT. Each was asked to shell out Rs 200 for not following the mandatory mask rule.