IN PHOTOS: What India's roads look like when empty

To contain the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mandated a 21-day lockdown across the highly populated country; here are some shots of what the streets look like when they aren't jam-packed with traffic
Curated By: Amit Verma
Published: Mar 26, 2020
Srinagar

Image by : Photo by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

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  • IN PHOTOS: What India's roads look like when empty
  • Mumbai
  • Bangaluru
  • Kolkata
  • Allahabad
  • Amritsar
  • Srinagar
  • Jaipur
  • Chennai

SRINAGAR: A view of a deserted street in Srinagar, India, during what should have been peak tourist season. On March 22, PM Modi proposed a 'Janata curfew' for the day between 7 am and 9 pm as part of social distancing to check the spread of the coronavirus