On the Ground in Damoh: Residents Enforce Lockdown Amid Covid Spiral ‘People are quite angry about the situation’
DAMOH: With more than 661 fresh cases and over 26 deaths recorded in the last two weeks, the residents of Hatta block in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh had no choice but to self-impose a lockdown. While strict covid regulations are in place statewide, a recent byelection to the assembly with around 5,000 voters led to a sharp increase in cases.
No lockdown was announced. The bypoll was called after Congress MLA Rahul Singh Lodhi defected to the BJP in October last year.
Local residents organised the first self-imposed lockdown for two days on Saturday, but with no reduction in covid cases extended it to five. On the third day some shops were opened to allow people to restock essentials.