Journalism of Courage
Coronavirus cases in India rose to 415, Union health ministry said, as much of the country locked down on Monday with the Centre warning of legal action against those violating the restrictions enforced to curtail the pandemic. In pic: Delhi Police closed Delhi border at Gazipuri. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey
Delhi, Jharkhand, and Nagaland declared a statewide lockdown while similar curbs were announced in a number of districts in Bihar, Haryana, UP and West Bengal. In pic: The New Delhi-Noida border was sealed as part of lockdown measures on Monday.(Express photo: Abhinav Saha)
Several states, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, had earlier imposed a partial or complete lockdown. (Express photo: Abhinav Saha)
Those living in 80 districts across the country, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai have been placed under travel and movement restrictions with authorities suspending all passenger train and inter-state bus services till March 31. In pic: Around 47 staff members of of Mumbai–Howrah Duronto Express stuck in train parked at Mumbai's CSMT. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)
As West Bengal recorded three more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total number to seven, the state government announced a lockdown in almost all municipal areas, including Kolkata, from Monday evening to March 27 midnight. (Express photo: Partha Paul)
On a day, UP reported three new cases, taking the total number of cases in the state to 29, CM Yogi Adityanath Sunday announced that 16 districts would be under lockdown till Wednesday. In pic: Anti-CAA protest closed due to coronavirus at Ghanta Ghar in Lucknow. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)
Mumbai: Over 500 trucks coming from various states are parked at the Truck Terminal in APMC Market in Vashi on Monday. Lot of truckers are stuck for days because of the state lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
