People and the Lockdown

From the past 40 days, we are in lockdown. Packed in our houses and watching through the windows to have a relief in upcoming days. As we all know that now the lockdown is with us till 17th May and we also know that this virus is not going to give us goodbye soon.
The WHO norms that we all are following from months now it's time that we follow it in our day to day life with ease of lockdown.

Why lockdown should be eased 

We a family of 1.3 billion members and are actually not on the same platform. There are so many members coming on road defying the lockdown to reach their home.

                                   For them, the main killer is not the coronavirus but, the scarcity of food, which definitely going to eat them.

We all have come across the news of migrants walking barefoot and cycling towards their home and getting vaporized on their way.

                          The people with the roof on their head, 3times meal in a day, a proper tv connection, Netflix and prime will never understand what it means to be alone and living without food for days and ending up in dead bodies.

On the other hand, we know that if things go all planned only then we will have a vaccine till the end of September or maybe October. If from now we count the days it is approximately 4 months. So the concept of people being in the lockdown for the upcoming 4 months with minimum ease in some zones is not working according to me.

                                                 I have come across many of the images where there is a specific gap provided for the people who are standing in the queue for food and for buying their groceries and essential items. So in my view why not follow this way of normalization till we have a vaccine without lockdown.

Way Forward

• We all have gone through the news regarding the allowance of only one person on bike and 2 on the car. So this should be practiced everywhere and every day.
• Any kind of shopping with social distancing and with proper precautions.
• There are so many videos going viral on the internet where people are getting married on streets and getting wishes from their loved ones through passing cars maintaining social distancing. It is the same for birthdays and recently bhangra joins them. Obviously, all these are happening outside India. We too need this kind of affection.
• Manufacturing with proper machinery and precautions.
• Our traffic system needs a facelift by using the signal lights to combating traffic with maintaining distancing by not allowing the crowds of cars and bikes to wait.

Creating a proper space for the employee working in corporate or in any other firm and in educational institutions for students and teachers.

Social distancing, masks, handwash, sanitizers are the new normals we have to practice in upcoming days starting from panchayats, not this prolong lockdown.