MERI Mirror, April' 2020
A bilingual monthly student publication, an initiative of the students of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at MERI College, affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
A bilingual monthly student publication, an initiative of the students of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at MERI College, affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi.
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LockdownduetoCoronaVirus
-ByAditi
On14thApril,honorablePrimeMinisterannouncedtheextensionofnationwidelockdowntil3Mayandhe
also declared thattheregionsthat
show nonew cases,wilbegivenarelaxationafter20thAprilandifsome
On24thMarch,duetothespreadof
coronavirusthecentralgovernment
new casewascaughtinthoseareas
declared21dayslockdownandJanta
thenlockdownwilbereimposedin
curfew.On22MarchP.M.requestedthe
thoseareas.
citizenstostandintheirbalconiesand
clapforthedoctorsandotherprofessionalswhoaredoingtheirdutyby
Duetothislockdownthereisalsoa
declineinlevelofpolution.Dueto
treating corona patients and the
thispandemiceconomicstatusshifted
policewhoareprohibitingtheindividualstogetoutfrom
theirhomes.
fortheworsebutitimprovedairquality.Manyconstruction
serviceswere
alsostoppedtilgovernment’sfurther
Altheservicesliketransport,rail-
notice.Theroadslookslikedesertbeways,roadways,educationalinstitutions,hospitalityserviceswerealscausealmosteveryindividualisstayinginsidetheirhouseandtheyarenot
suspended.Onlytheimportantshops
getingoutoftheirhomes.
likefood,bank,petrolpumpsetc.were
alowed.AccordingtotheHomeMinistry
the citizens who refused to
ConnaughtPlaceisknownforbeing
themostpopulatedplaceinDelhi,this
folow thelockdownwilhavetoface
punishment.
26
The1stdayoflockdownwason25th
Marchandaltheservicesweresussuspended.On5thApril,thecitizens
ofIndiashowedtheirunitybyswitchingofaltheelectriclightsfor9minutesandalsobylightingdiya,flashing
torchlightandmobileflashlight.
placehashightraficonaregular,but
after lockdown this place remains
empty.
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