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| Marine Drive (Mumbai) during the Janta Curfew |
With COVID-19 once again creating havoc in India, today March 22nd marks the first anniversary of the "Janta Curfew" announced by PM Modi.
On March 19,2020 PM Modi had addressed the nation that a Janta Curfew will be imposed from 7am to 9pm the next day(March 20,2020) in the view of rising COVID-19 cases. The Janta Curfew was seen as a preparation of lockdown situation by the people.
The Curfew would then pave way for a 21 day nationwide complete lockdown, which was extended thrice till 31st May,2020. Since June 1, the process of Unlocking started. This was the first time the country has ever witnessed such a move and with the whole world under it's(COVID-19) impact, India too had to follow such a move.
In the address of Janta Curfew, PM Modi had urged the citizens to step out of their home or balconies and appluad the healthcare workers for their hardworking services by clapping hands or banging steel plates at 5pm on March 22,2020.
So the question is, How much has changed since the first Janta Curfew?
In the months that followed, India would see a drastic change as work from home and online classes and lectures began a regular thing. Hand washing, sanitizing and Maintaining Social Distancing was people's most important priority. India would slowly climb the charts to become the second worst hit nation in the world with COVID-19. After October there was a sudden decline in the number of cases.
However in the past 2-3 weeks, the cases have started to surge up again as the feared second wave is almost upon the country. Yesterday the country added 46,971 news cases.
India's current tally(At the point of writing) stands at 11,599,130 cases out of which 11,130,288 recoveries have been recorded. Around 159,755 people have lost their lives as the active caseload has suddenly surged upto 309,087 twice the number as of first week of February.
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