(Aditya Shaw, Intern Journalist): The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has started in many parts of the country. At the same time, Delhi is going through the third stage of corona infection. Discussions of banning have intensified once again amid increasing cases of infection. Meanwhile, in some places like Ahmedabad, the administration has imposed restrictions and partial curfew. However, during the last few weeks, crowded pictures have been surfacing from the markets, in which the rules of social distancing have been seen to be broken in a big way. This has increased the risk of rapid spread of corona infection. In such a situation, the question arises that what will happen if the country once again locksdown?
The crowd in markets increased, but no shopping
Even after the passing of Diwali, there is a lot of crowd in the markets, but the effect of this has not yet been seen in shopping. If you look at the data of Google Mobility Trend, the market is still not able to reach the level of purchase before Kovid. This was compared to the data for the five weeks from 3 January to 6 February 2020 and from 17 November after the lockdown. Diwali evening shopping was at its peak during this period, but it was 17 percent lower than the five-week figures from January to February. In fact, after the lockdown, the purchase of pharmacy and grocery increased significantly, but the situation in the other sectors continued to deteriorate.
Jobs will face a crisis!
After the lockdown of 25 March in the country, there was a crisis in jobs in many sectors. During that time, thousands of people had to lose their jobs due to stagnation. In such a situation, if there is a lockdown again in the country, then the situation can become much worse.
Many sectors will be destroyed by lockdown again
In view of the increasing cases of Corona, if there is a new lockdown in the country, then many sectors have not been recovered so far. In such a situation, if demand and supply are affected, it will directly affect the economy. Also, the accounting of people’s income and expenditure will also go awry.
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