In Covid-affected Pune, barricades, deserted paths a sign of long road ahead

While several restrictions will remain in Pune's containment zones, the administration may allow opening of non-essential shops in less-affected areas.

Barricades set up at the entrance of Bhavani Peth, one of the worst affected areas in Pune | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

Pune: With over 7,000 Covid-19 cases, Pune is one the 13 Indian cities that will see an extension of the nationwide lockdown. It is the second-most affected city in the state of Maharashtra.

While several restrictions will remain in the containment zones, the district administration may allow the opening of non-essential goods shops and other establishments in the less affected areas.

ThePrint’s Soniya Agrawal and Swagata Yadavar came across various facets of the lockdown in the city.

The Pune Municipal Corporation buses are lined-up in the green zones, ready to ferry passengers with social distancing norms in place | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

Two men sit after lunch at the Patrewalli Chawl in Pune | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

Inside Bhavani Peth, one of the worst affected areas in Pune, citizens await the opening of lockdown. Many haven’t stepped out of their houses for over two months | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

A man sitting near his house at Bhavani Peth | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

A picture of the coronavirus as seen under an electron microscope by scientists at the National Institute of Virology in Pune | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

A BSL 4 laboratory, the high-security bio lab where scientists are working with samples of live coronavirus | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

The National Institute of Virology in Pune | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal

People slowly stepping out of their houses in the green zones of Pune | ThePrint Photo | Soniya Agrawal