People must understand this is not a holiday. We are forgetting everything to make them aware Senior police inspector Kailash Avhad stepped out from the police van into a deserted street in Mumbai’s sweltering afternoon.
His voice is hoarse—Avhad has been on duty since the break of dawn, making announcements to prevent crowding, patrolling the streets and managing the police force in the financial capital’s western suburb of Vakola. “Corona ko rokne ke liye yeh karna hi padega (This has to be done to stop corona)," said the 53-year-old who heads the Vakola police station, which is a 10-minute drive from the domestic terminal of Mumbai International Airport.