With India's coronavirus caseload fast approaching one million - and fatalities nearing 25,000 - local authorities across the country are reimposing restrictions that have only recently been lifted.
One of India's most impoverished states went into lockdown on Thursday, but near-normal traffic on Bihar's streets showed the difficulty of corralling over 125 million people.
Migrant labourers and their families travelling from Kerala to Assam states wait, stranded, at a bus station after the new lockdown came into force.All schools, clubs, temples and non-essential businesses were ordered to close in Bihar, but construction and agricultural activity are allowed to continue.
A lack of coronavirus discipline forced Goa, another Indian state, to announced a three-day shutdown from Thursday evening and a night curfew until August 10.Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said too many people were"stepping out to meet people at parties" and that there was a low level of"awareness and sensitivity".
Still, the health minister of Karnataka, of which Bangalore is the capital, said Wednesday that"only God can save us" as the state's caseload approached 50,000.
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