The Auroville way of tackling the pandemic

The international township implemented a strict lockdown and a thorough system of contact tracing and isolation to keep the infection at bay.

Auroville, an international township in Villupuram district, has managed the COVID-19 pandemic reasonably well by implementing a strict lockdown and a thorough system of contact tracing and isolation to keep the infection at bay. When the novel coronavirus was spreading across the world, Auroville with a global community of over 3,300 residents from 58 countries shut down and restricted visitors even before the national level lockdown was announced by the government on March 25 last year. According to Tejaswini Mistri, member of the COVID-19 Coordination Team, “The Auroville Working Committee tried to manage it pretty well by closing down our half-functioning public places, community common kitchen and dining areas.”