Aarogya Setu: Phones without app will draw punishment for users in Noida, Greater Noida

Updated: 06 May 2020

  • Aarogya Setu is a mobile application developed by the central government to connect essential health services.
  • Action will also be taken against people going outdoors without a face mask or spitting in public places

The Covid-19 tracker—Aarogya Setu app—is now mandatory for all smartphone users in Noida and Greater Noida. The app has been made mandatory for government employees and private employees in the country and now Noida Police has issued an order that asks all residents to download Aarogya Setu on their smartphones. Not having the Aarogya Setu app on smartphones while out in a public place in Noida or Greater Noida will be considered a violation of the coronavirus-forced lockdown and attract punishment, according to new guidelines issued by the police. Action will also be taken against people going outdoors without a face mask or spitting in public places, according to the police in Gautam Buddh Nagar in western Uttar Pradesh.

If smartphone users do not have Aarogya Setu App installed on their phones while out in public place, then it will be punishable offence for violation of lockdown norms Ashutosh Dwivedi, Gautam Buddh Nagar Additional Commissioner of Police (Law&Order) said.