COVID-19 curbs: Coimbatore in standdown mode on Sunday

Police did not place barricades to restrict movement of motorists as they did during the complete lockdown in 2020

An overcast sky complemented a completely shut Coimbatore on Sunday morning, as the Tamil Nadu government’s tightened COVID-19 restrictions barred all activity barring essential services. The places that usually saw heavy movement of people and vehicles such as the Ukkadam wholesale and retail fish markets, the retail vegetable markets, T.K. Market off Raja Street, Gandhipuram 8th Street Market, Ukkadam Ramar Kovil Street market or Uzhavar Sandhai (farmers’ market) remained shut. In front of downed shutters or behind closed doors were a few traders who used the opportunity to rearrange goods or clean premises. Police personnel outside the markets maintained vigil.