₹32,33,900 recovered in fines from erring vehicle owners NOIDA : More than 8,300 people have been held in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar for allegedly defying curbs imposed due to COVID-19 so far, according to police data.Also, challans were issued to owners of 1,14,221 vehicles across Noida and Greater Noida, while another 2,384 were impounded for the violations, the data, updated till July 5, showed.Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) Section 144 is in force in Gautam Buddh Nagar, where the COVID-19 lockdown had started on March 23 with major restrictions on outdoor movements, in a bid to break the transmission chain of the novel virus.Eventually, the district, adjoining Delhi in western Uttar Pradesh, too got into the "unlock" mode --.