21 Days of Total Lockdown In India



Being the second-largest populated country, India needed to take some serious actions to avoid further spreading of COVId-19. The population of India is currently over 1.3 Billion. According to WHO, if India doesn’t take any serious action, India will be the next Italy. India is currently at stage 2 of getting affected by Coronavirus. But the Indian government is currently taking really serious actions and the citizens of India are also supporting the steps. Being the second-largest populated country, India needed to take some serious actions to avoid further spreading of COVId-19. The population of India is currently over 1.3 Billion. According to WHO, if India doesn’t take any serious action, India will be the next Italy. India is currently at stage 2 of getting affected by Coronavirus. But the Indian government is currently taking really serious actions and the citizens of India are also supporting the steps.



To stop the further spreading, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a total lockdown for 21 days starting from 25th March midnight. A lockdown can help to stop spreading the Coronavirus. Citizens of India are not allowed to go outside of their house. Indian Police are guarding and patrolling the main roads, small streets and also the small lanes. Any kind of gathering is not allowed.





Rules:





The rules are pretty simple. The basic rules of lockdowns. This is not only a lockdown, but it is also a partial curfew.





Citizens are not allowed to go outside of their house. Any kind of public gathering is not allowed. The only gathering of 20 people will be allowed at a funeral. All the grocery shops will be opened, but gathering there is also not allowed. The Indian government has drawn circles outside of many grocery and medical shops. All the circles are 3 meters away from each other.





All the people who have arrived in India after 15-02-2020 and those people who were suggested to stay at home or hospital by the local and government health authorities, failing can lead them to face legal action.





Result of violating the lockdown:











All the 29 states and the 7 Union territories are working together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police are patrolling the streets to stop people from gathering. But there are still a few morons who are on the streets, walking like they are on any vacation. So Police are beating them with sticks. Also, an addition is, the person who is violating these rules will be liable for action under sections 50 to 60 of Management Act, 2005, as well as section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. Violation of the Managemen Act can be a result of 1 or 2 years of imprisonment or fine. Violation of section 188 can be one month of jail or Rs.200 as fine. It can vary on the depth of the violation which can lead the victim to 6 months of jail or Rs.1000. All the 29 states and the 7 Union territories are working together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police are patrolling the streets to stop people from gathering. But there are still a few morons who are on the streets, walking like they are on any vacation. So Police are beating them with sticks. Also, an addition is, the person who is violating these rules will be liable for action under sections 50 to 60 of Management Act, 2005, as well as section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. Violation of the Managemen Act can be a result of 1 or 2 years of imprisonment or fine. Violation of section 188 can be one month of jail or Rs.200 as fine. It can vary on the depth of the violation which can lead the victim to 6 months of jail or Rs.1000.





Closed Departments:





Schools, colleges, libraries, and other central and state government sectors will be shut down. As well as all the public sectors will be closed too. Public transportations are also not allowed to function. Also the trains, airlines are shut down as well. All social, political, cultural and entertainment based gatherings are not allowed. All the religious places like Mandir (Temple), Mosque, Church and other places of worship will be closed as well.





Exceptions:





All the central government departments will be closed except defense, Para-Military forces, firefighters, power plants and post offices. Also, all the state departments will be closed except the electric department, police, water supply, sanitation, district administration, home guards and prisons.





Wi-fi, Internet and all the telecom services will function.





Grocery shops, medical shops, fruit shops will be opened as well.





All the banks including private banks and ATMs will be opened as well.





Ecommerce products like food and medicines are allowed to function as well.





Gas stations and LPG gas stations will remain open.





Current situation of India:





After this lockdown, many people took it as a threat. All the medicines and groceries are sold very quickly and shop owners are unable to supply. This is leading to a shortage of groceries. Shop owners are also unable to supply hand washes, soaps, and hand sanitizers. There is also a shortage of face masks in big cities like Delhi and Mumbai.





Here is a chart of the affected states of India:





Currently, 602 people are positive on COVID-19. Also, 13 people lost their fight against Coronavirus and died.











S. No. State / UT Total Cases Recovered Death Andhra Pradesh 11 Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi 34 Goa Gujarat 37 Haryana 16 11 Himachal Pradesh Karnataka 41 10 Kerala 110 11 Madhya Pradesh 15 12 Maharashtra 121 13 Manipur 14 Mizoram 15 Odisha 16 Puducherry 17 Punjab 33 18 Rajasthan 36 19 Tamil Nadu 20 20 Telengana 31 21 Chandigarh 22 Jammu and Kashmir 11 23 Ladakh 13 24 Uttar Pradesh 36 11 25 Uttarakhand 26 West Bengal Total confirmed cases in India As of 26-03-2020 10:15 am 602 43 13



Before the lockdown:





clap and to hit steel plates Before this lockdown, a Janta Curfew (Citizen Curfew) took place on 22nd March, which was a success. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked all the citizens of India toin the honor of the hard work of Indian doctors and Policemen after the end of curfew at 5 PM. Millions of people around India were doing as they were asked to do by the Indian Prime Minister. Many news channels telecasted the whole scenario.





You would probably think, what about homeless people? State governments have opened their closed offices as shelters for homeless people.





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