As part of the 'Unlock 1', the Maharashtra government has given few relaxations since May 31. Several outdoor activities like cycling, jogging, running are allowed in this relaxation and an image of crowded Marine Drive has created a storm on social media.
Shared by an Instagram user, Niharika Kulkarni on June 6, the image shows hundreds of people doing physical activity on marine drive. Niharika shared the image with the caption, "Huge crowd at Marine drive in the evening. June 6, 2020. In phase 1 of unlocking, outdoor physical activities have been allowed across the state from June 3 from 5 am to 7 pm."
Though you can see people wearing masks but the norms of social distancing is at the total toss.
The image was later shared on Twitter and even netizens couldn't stop themselves from expressing their concern.
The coronavirus cases in India continue to spread rapidly as the country has marked significant and consecutive highest jumps in the COVID-19 tally over a major part of the past two weeks.
With nearly 10,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Sunday hit a new high, crossing the 2.57 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed 7,200 as well.
Maharashtra continues to be the epicenter of the coronavirus spread where the number of cases has witnessed an even large spike recently. According to the Health Ministry, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases with nearly 86,000 positive cases of infection and more than 3,000 deaths. As many as 3,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported from the state in the past 24 hours.
Shopping malls, religious places, hotels, and restaurants are now set to reopen in most states from today after more than two months of sustained lockdown. The current phase of re-opening, called 'Unlock 1', takes an economic focus. The government intends on being smart about implementing the lockdown in select places so that the economic activity of the country, as a whole, does not take any more hits.
