Photos: No trains, metros, buses in wake of Janta Curfew on March 22

As India gears up to observe a nationwide Janta Curfew on March 22, travellers are scrambling to get to destinations before restrictions come into effect. Government and private organisations have announced stopping their services to follow a Janta Curfew on Sunday in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the people of the country to stay at home for a day. The national capital’s lifeline, the Delhi Metro will also shut services on all routes tomorrow.

Updated on: Mar 21, 2020 6:15 PM IST

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Migrant workers and their families board an overcrowded passenger train, after government imposed restrictions on public gatherings in attempts to prevent spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, March 21, 2020. (Prashant Waydande / REUTERS)

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A crowded Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai as large number of travellers queue up to book tickets and leave for their destinations before travel restrictions come into place entirely in wake of the advisory issued by the government following PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Janta Curfew’ appeal. (Pratik Chorge / HT Photo)

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A crowded Pune station on March 20. The Indian Railways has issued instructions to zones that no passenger train will originate from any railway station in the country from 7 am to 10 pm on Sunday in view of the ‘Janta curfew’ announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Zonal railways, however, can decide to run a train that day if the occupancy is high. (Sanket Wankhade / HT Photo)

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Aeroplanes are seen parked at the Mumbai airport on Saturday, March 21. The Indian government on Thursday banned commercial international airlines to operate to India for a week from 22 March, following an effort to curb the outspread of COVID-19, which has already seen the country temporarily ban foreigners from entering it. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Parked buses are pictured following the Punjab state government announcement to suspend public transport services amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at a bus stand in Amritsar on March 20, 2020. (Narinder Nanu / AFP)

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A view of a deserted railway station in Shimla following cancellation of trains in the wake of coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had in his address to the nation, asked people to stay off the roads and public places during the Janta Curfew, which will be in place for 14 hours from 7am to 9pm on Sunday. (PTI)

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Passengers wearing protective face masks wait at a railway station following cancellation of trains in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Jammu, Saturday, March 21, 2020. Essential services like police, media, medical services etc will not come under the purview of the curfew. (PTI)