The teeming metropolis of Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, the Indian state worst hit by the pandemic, face stricter restrictions for 15 days in an effort to stem the surge of coronavirus infections.
Top state officials stressed that the closure of most industries, businesses, public places and limits on the movement of people did not constitute a lockdown.
Last year, a sudden, harsh nationwide lockdown left millions jobless overnight.
Stranded in cities with no income or food, thousands of migrant workers walked on roads to get home.
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The distinction did little to allay Ramachal Yadav’s anxieties.
On Wednesday morning, he joined others at a Mumbai railway station getting on a train back home.
The country had last year witnessed a major movement of migrant labourers and workers after the imposition of a nationwide lockdown in the last week of March. The nationwide lockdown resulted in an exodus of migrant workers from cities to their native places.
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Mumbai: The state government is likely to impose a complete
lockdown in the state amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. The big announcement is likely to be made by this evening or tomorrow, Mumbai s
Guardian Minister Aslam Sheikh told reporters.
He asserted the situation in
Maharashtra is such that the lockdown is required to break the virus chain.
The state government would likely impose a longer lockdown of up to 15 days to break the chain of infection, starting April 15.
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The Central Railway appeals to people not to panic and avoid crowding the stations.
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Passengers stand outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to board outstation trains, amid the ongoing spike in COVID-19 cases in Mumbai on April 14, 2021.
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The Central Railway appeals to people not to panic and avoid crowding the stations.
Several people gathered outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai on Wednesday to board long-distance trains, a day after the Maharashtra government announced severe restrictions on public movement to check the spread of COVID-19.
The Central Railway (CR) appealed to people not to panic and avoid crowding the stations.
COVID-19 Surge Mumbai: Passengers outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to board outstation trains
Mumbai:
Thousands gathered outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai today to board long-distance trains, a day after the Maharashtra government announced severe restrictions on public movement to check the spread of COVID-19.
The Central Railway (CR) appealed to people not to panic and avoid crowding the stations.
The Railway Protection Force and the Government Railway Police have deployed additional force outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) to control the crowd.
Reeling under an unprecedented COVID-19 wave, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced severe restrictions on public movement over the next 15 days across the state.