Tirupati: Janata Curfew brings hardships to some sections of people

Tirupati: As per the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in Janata curfew, most of the people all over the district remained indoors on Sunday. However, some sections of people have to face problems due to total shut down. Being near to Chennai and Bengaluru, many software engineers come to the city by Friday night and leave again to their work places on Sunday night.

As the Tamil Nadu government closed its borders, the software people from the district could not return to their destinations. As the companies imposed restrictions, it would be difficult for them to abstain from duties. A software engineer working at Puducherry, A Chandra Prakash said that as he could not go reach the office on Monday morning, he sent a mail to the HR department and awaiting for the reply.

A large contingent of pilgrims from north India were seen going by walk by holding their luggage on their heads and in hands. With no transport facilities to move around, they were going probably to reach TTDs Govindaraja Swamy choultry behind Railway station.

The decision of the Railways to stop all passenger trains up to March 31 in view of the outbreak of coronavirus will have adverse impact on such people who have been stranded at pilgrim centre Tirupati and many other places. They need to continue to stay there only at least for another 9-10 days till the train services are restored.

Similarly, destitution has forced some people to suffer from hunger. Such people were desperately looking for a helping hand on the foot paths. With no activity to do and no way to earn their food, many people were seen sleeping before the closed shops at several parts of the city.

The street vendors who sell vegetables, fruits and others also have lost their earnings for the day.