Impact of Lockdown on People in India.

 Q. To check the spread of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) the Indian Government declared the countrywide Lockdown for 24 days which extended to 19 days more, then for fourteen days more and so on........... Write an article on how this lockdown influenced the life of the people. (Word Limit 120-150 words)

Impact of Lockdown on People in India
By: Shruti X1l-A

To check the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, several countries took to imposing lockdown. Universally speaking. as a result of the lock- down, 'public mobility has declined sharply, a google report finds. In India, retail and recreational places like malls and cinema halls saw the steepest fall in the presence of people between the nonths of February and March compared to the presence between January and February. At the same time, there was a considerable ncrease in traffic from residences which indicates that more peo ple were staying at home. Due to the restrictions on railway, road and air traffic, people attached with different work places stayed home to work online, Visit to national parks, beaches and public gardens reduced drastically.

The outbreak of drastically spread Covid-19 has brought the entire world to a standstil While the world waits for its remedy, healith experts advise that the best way to control the spread is to stay indoors and maintain social distance. So, in order to control the pandemic, the government of India announced its first stage of na- tional lockdown for 24 days from March 22, 2020 to April 14, 2020. Given the rising numbers of confirmed cases and deaths in the country, the lockdown was extended to May 3. This was the second round of lockdown. The Government had to assure adequate supply of food and shelter for the underprivileged citizens, espe cially the unorganised working sector (the worker) and daily wage labourers.

As many stood on the frontline--the doctors, policemen, drivers and grocery shop owners-fighting against the virus, the govern- ment needed to do everything for the safety, of the real corona warriors.

The extended lockdown had both positive and negative implications on the people and society at large. As the global economy was now facing the worst recession, the impact was experienced by all.

With only essential commodities being produced, there was a negative impact on both the supply and demand side of the market chain, with a fall in GOP and rise in unemployment. Large scale industries like automobiles, steel and cement were badly hit. Despite the negative impacts, there is a brighter side of the lockdown as well.

The lockdown contained and reduced the number of Covid-19 infections and gave enough time to the infected patients to recover and break the chain of this invisible enemy.

Since, the first lockdown began on March 22, there has been a fall in the pollution level-cleaner air and improved quatity of river water. The lockdown has transformed people into disciplined, law abiding citizens which was a challenge for the government.