People flock shops to buy groceries, other essentials in Coimbatore

All city bus stands saw a good turnout of commuters

Lights at traffic signals in the city that until Saturday evening flickered amber returned to show red and green as residents came out in large numbers to shop for almost everything that they either wanted to purchase last week or thought they would need in the next week. The people coming out and the shops remaining open followed a State government announcement on Saturday that allowed all shops to remain open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday ahead of a total lockdown for a week from Monday. Right from morning, the city’s residents were everywhere as multi-brand retail shops, single brand retail shops, vegetable shops, grocery shops, bakeries, garment stores, sports goods shops, fancy stores, stationery shops, home furnishing shops, electrical goods shops, hardware shops and almost every other type of shop remained opened, a few right from 6 a.m.