Indore: As a 60 hour-long lockdown started in Indore on Saturday (April 10) night, the district`s police took measures to spread awareness on the lockdown and about COVID-19 restrictions imposed to curb the increasin circumstances.
A police constable dressed up as “Yamraj”, the mythological god of loss of life was seen roaming the streets with the messages on COVID-19 protocol.
Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a steady surge in novel coronavirus circumstances due to which the state authorities determined to implement lockdown in all cities of the state from 6 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday.
Speaking to ANI, head constable, Jawahar Singh Jadaun, who had donned the “Yamraj” costume stated: “I have worn this dress to make people aware about COVID-19 and make them realise that if they failed to follow the guidelines, they will suffer losses of lives.”
Earlier in March, a one-day lockdown was additionally imposed cities like Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur within the wake of rising COVID-19 circumstances.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh reported 2426 new COVID-19 circumstances, 2433 recoveries and 23 deaths within the final 24 hours at this time, as per the Union Health Ministry.
With these new circumstances, the whole variety of COVID-19 circumstances within the state went up to 30486. Till Saturday, as many as 292598 individuals recovered from the illness in Madhya Pradesh.
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