Everything
was going fine. People were going to their work; kids to schools, and suddenly
our Prime Minister announced a one day "Janta curfew" in
order to break the Corona virus chain.
The
streets were empty, highways were quite, street dogs & stray animals were
confused where everyone is gone? But everyone was in support of our Prime
Minister to help him fight the nation's fight against Corona virus by staying
at home as he said this curfew is "by the people, for the
people". Everyone thought that things will be normal from next
day. By staying at home, we can eradicate the virus in single day, but no, Mr.
Prime Minister took the advantage of people being at their home & announced
the nationwide complete Lockdown.
Yes,
everyone was stunned by this announcement; especially the people depended on
their daily earnings/wages like masons, cabbies, small scale grocers &
vendors, etc. etc.
Many
people were worried about installments they have to pay, many people were
worried about medical expenses they were already going through, and many people
were worried about how they will feed their family. Many people were worried
about the house rent they have to pay. Yes, everyone was worried because they
were not prepared for anything like this. Also, the government was aware of it,
still there was no pre planning before announcing the nationwide
lockdown.
It
was just like they did at the time of De-monetization. No Pre-Planning, no
nationwide management on how to handle this situation. People were left on their
own. Government carried meetings on meetings afterwards.
They
announced 3 months of loan moratorium with 3 months extra extension for middle
class people who have to pay their loan EMIs, distributed free ration for
poor people & rich were already making money by their either
means/sources.
But,
among all these things, the government forgot one main thing i.e. "Income".
Either it is of government itself or the poor & middle class people who
hold majority of "Vote Bank" in India. So many people lost
their livelihood. So many people lost their job. So many people "DIED".
Yes, many people died due to Corona virus but many people died due to lack of
"Income". People with large savings or people who were still
getting their salary credited during lockdown or were getting half paid or
people earning through trading in stock market will never realize how it feels
to be without "Income".
When
people lost their "Income" got so much depressed that many of
them have done suicide. Doctors say that they were not mentally healthy but I
would say that they become financially ill.
Everyone
talked about mental health during lockdown but no one talked about financial
health. Riches don't have to worry about credits on them & rags will die
due to credits eventually.
People
become home sick, under debt, financially ill, bankrupt, lost their mental
health, many become victim of domestic abuse, students were mocking their
teachers in online classes, employees lost their personal space due to anytime
availability during work from home & all this due to lack of Pre-planning
of Government while announcing nationwide lockdown for unspecific time.
Even
when now it’s been almost more than 6 months since the lockdown has been lifted,
things are still not on track for majority of people & you will be shocked
to know that Government still have no plan for them.
That’s
all from my side.
I would
love to read your thoughts on this in comments.
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