A flashback in photos: India, lockdown, and Coronavirus
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And it all began
The fight against coronavirus began when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a “Janta Curfew”, followed by a nationwide lockdown in March. This set off a mass reverse migration as labourers decided to go back to their home towns. Once the chaos settled down, people found new ways to go on with their lives.
In Pic: A combination of photos from major cities across the country shows deserted roads at 10 am on April 6, a Monday. The lockdown emptied roads and public transportation systems as people, afraid of catching an unknown virus, stayed at home.
In Pic: A combination of photos from major cities across the country shows deserted roads at 10 am on April 6, a Monday. The lockdown emptied roads and public transportation systems as people, afraid of catching an unknown virus, stayed at home.
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Like never before
A family member of a Covid victim wears a protective suit to perform the last rites at a crematorium in New Delhi on June 12.
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The long walk back home
Migrant workers walk back home to Madhya Pradesh during the lockdown, in Palghar on March 30.
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In sickness and in health
A couple in Surat decided to make masks a mandatory accessory during their wedding on November 26.
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Hunger heroes
The sudden lockdown hit the destitute the most. Food distribution drives — like the one here by RPF personnel at Patna Junction on March 29 — kept them alive.
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India under lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the 21-day nationwide lockdown on March 24 to control the outbreak.
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New weapon
A policeman uses his gun holster to keep a bottle of hand sanitiser while managing a crowd of homeless people queuing up for food during the lockdown, at Khari Baoli in Old Delhi on April 5.
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India's mass migration
A family of migrant workers from Sambhal in UP uses a pushcart as a makeshift vehicle while going back home from Delhi on March 27.
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A paralysed economy
Mumbai residents Pushkar Vishwasrao, a filmmaker, and Nimish Vishwasrao, a tutor, pack vegetables for home delivery on June 28. As the lockdown paralysed the economy, professionals picked up odd jobs to survive
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Farmers' stir
Social distancing went for a toss in December as farmer groups protested at various places around Delhi against three farm laws.
Photo credit: PTI AND Getty Images | Compiled by: Mukesh Singh
Photo credit: PTI AND Getty Images | Compiled by: Mukesh Singh