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He has pleaded that the assessment\u00a0of the COVID threat led the government to make wearing of face masks mandatory, non-compliance of which has now been made punishable with fine. However with this rule in place the government is yet to clarify how the public is supposed to dispose off these masks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier the government has issued guidelines for handling of N95 masks by doctors and medical staff but no such guidelines have been issued with respect to public at large who are now regular users of various masks.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He acknowledges in his petition that this poses a great threat of community transmission as the workers of civic agencies who collect domestic waste operate with getting infected with the virus and thus can serve as carriers of the virus in the community which they are contributing.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While talking to Ankit, He added:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;To break the chain of transmission is the key to solving the current COVID-19 crisis and to do that the government has to create awareness how the masks used by the public must be disposed. 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