Despite most of the population being daily wage earners, no locals are being allowed to venture out into the city. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

At a time when the authorities have been making appeals to the people time and again to practice social distancing, yet violations continue, a small village in the Mumbai suburbs has reportedly gone into self-isolation after the lockdown called by PM Modi.

This in order to save its small population from being infected from the deadly Covid-19.

Panju village is located in Vasai Tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra. It’s a small village with a population of around 1,400 people who are mainly into farming. The village is thick with greenery and crop production and is famous among the travel and adventure enthusiasts.

Despite being near Mumbai, the Panju village manages to remain elusive to many eyes. It has hence over the years managed to retain its original face and identity. And hence as a precautionary measure, all guided tourists have been banned from entering the village by the village sarpanch.

It is also learnt that the boat service from Naigaon -- another suburban area of Mumbai to the village has also been shut till March 31.

Sources say that many villagers are also daily wage earners and go to nearby areas in Thane for work. But they too have been advised to stay back at home. In fact, the village sarpanch is learnt to have asked the nearby villages to help supply food to those in need at this critical hour.

But no locals are being allowed to venture out into the city.

There has been a steady increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra. With 5 new cases from Mumbai and 1 new case from Thane on March 25, the count of the total cases in the state has now risen to 122.

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