MUMBAI: It’s 2:30 PM Monday and the afternoon heat sweltering the deserted concrete roads of Mumbai paints an entirely different picture of the commercial capital of India.
A week into the lockdown to stem the effect of covid-19, the otherwise-lively roads leading to the western express highway near the domestic airport in Santa Cruz Mumbai now evoke a sense of fear, which often feels more vivid with whiffs of sanitizer in the air as one passes by the random police checkpoints set up on the road to prevent crowding.
Most of the cops, wearing masks, are patrolling this area on four-wheelers and bikes, urging the public on mics to stay indoors.