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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Here's What A Lockdown Of India's 1.3 Billion People Looks Like

Or rather we should ask whether this is even possible, given that as of the first night following Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing in a televised address the immediate lockdown which orders some one-fifth of the world's population to 'stay indoors' it looks like the authorities will have serious enforcement issues on their hands in the coming days.
A deserted path in New Delhi on Tuesday, AFP via Getty Images.
Even his word choice left little ambiguity: “To save India and every Indian, there will be a total ban on venturing out,” Modi said Tuesday.
File image: Dharavi shanty town in Mumbai, India.
Technically the order begins Wednesday, but it still set off a panic as anxious throngs descended on shopping markets, causing police to in some cases intervene and attempt to disperse the swelling crowds.

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