Maharashtra curfew: Night curbs kick in, migrant workers return home

Mumbai Police officers patrol on deserted Gateway of India. The Maharashtra government has banned all the public places for the visitors due to present Covid situation in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Strict compliance of the night curfew was observed in areas like Dadar, Mahim, Bandra, Santacruz, Khar, Kurla and Dharavi. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases. On Monday, it had 55.11 percent of the total cases in the country. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Closed shops and relatively empty roads of Navi Mumbai after the 8 pm embargo imposed due to rising number of covid cases. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

With new curbs, migrants are returning home. At Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), Kurla, from where trains for Uttar Pradesh and Bihar depart, officials said there was a rise in number of passengers in the past two days. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Migrant labourers at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) Mumbai after the Maharashtra government announced new curbs on Monday. (Express Photo By Ganesh Shirsekar)

India detected more than one lakh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily increase recorded in the country since the beginning of the pandemic. The previous high of 97,894 cases was achieved on September 16 last year, after which India’s cases started sliding. (Deepak Joshi)

Huge crowd at Thane Market. From tomorrow all shops will be closed except those providing essential services. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)