As all means of transport came to a halt, railways took the burden of ensuring that the supply of food-grains, vegetables, petrol, coal, medicine, parcel service, construction material and much more, is never halted.
Ahead of the Islamic festival, the Muslim leaders have reportedly expressed their concerns to the government regarding the preparedness and arrangements of cattle mandis (makeshift market) in the city amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Locals of the fishing suburb of Poonthura near Thiruvananthapuram attacked a team of health workers, including a doctor, who had gone to collect swab samples