Innovative ways in which Indian cops are ensuring social distancing
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Traffic police personnel wearing coronavirus-themed helmets participate in a campaign to educate the public during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) - 2/21
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A policeman wears a facemask with a message from a popular Bollywood movie 'Gully Boy' saying in Hindi 'Our Time will come' at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on March 31, 2020. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) - 3/21
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A policeman (L) asks people to do sit-ups as punishment for going out without a valid reason during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on March 31, 2020. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) Yahoo News is better in the app
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Traffic police personnel (L and C) wearing coronavirus-themed helmets participate in a campaign to educate the public during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) - 5/21
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A policeman (R) asks people to do sit-ups as punishment for going out without a valid reason during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on March 31, 2020. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) - 6/21
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Traffic police personnel (L and R) wearing coronavirus-themed helmets perform in front of motorists as they participate in a campaign to educate the public during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) Yahoo News is better in the app
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Policemen (background) ask people to do sit-ups as punishment for going out without a valid reason during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on March 31, 2020. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) - 8/21
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Traffic police personnel (L and R) wearing coronavirus-themed helmets perform in front of a motorist (C) as they participate in a campaign to educate the public during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) - 9/21
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Traffic police personnel (L and C) wearing coronavirus-themed helmets perform in front of a motorist (R) as they participate in a campaign to educate the public during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) Yahoo News is better in the app
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Traffic police personnel (L and R) wearing coronavirus-themed helmets perform in front of a motorist (C) as they participate in a campaign to educate the public during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) - 11/21
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A fraffic police personnel wearing a coronavirus-themed helmet (R on the motorbike) performs as he participates in a campaign to educate the public during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) (Photo by MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images) - 12/21
Daily Life In Mumbai Amid Nationwide Lockdown Due To Coronavirus Outbreak
PUNE, INDIA - MARCH 30: Police staff of Dattwadi police station urge residents to stay inside home and spread awareness about coronavirus by singing a song for them, on March 30, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Yahoo News is better in the app
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PUNE, INDIA - MARCH 30: Police staff of Dattwadi police station urge residents to stay inside home and spread awareness about coronavirus by singing a song for them, on March 30, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) - 14/21
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PUNE, INDIA - MARCH 30: Police staff of Dattwadi police station urge residents to stay inside home and spread awareness about coronavirus by singing a song for them, on March 30, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) - 15/21
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MUMBAI, INDIA - MARCH 30: Protective mask put up on "Common Man" statue, following COVID 19 pandemic Worli Seaface, on March 30, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 16/21
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MUMBAI, INDIA - MARCH 30: Police checking vehicles on Sion Panvel Highway at Mankhurd during restrictions on citizen's movement due to Coronavirus lockdown, on March 30, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Vijayanand Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) - 17/21
Migrant Workers Headed Back To Their Home In Panic Amid Three Week Lockdown To Curb COVID-19 Coronavirus
NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 30: Delhi police personnel directs migrant workers on a loudspeaker at Pandav Nagar on day 6 of the 21 day nationwide lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to check the spread of coronavirus, on March 30, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) - 18/21
Three Week Lockdown In India To Curb COVID-19 Coronavirus
NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 30: Delhi police personnel keep watch at Mayur Vihar crossing as traffic is diverted due to a close down at Anand Vihar route on day 6 of the 21 day nationwide lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to check the spread of coronavirus, on March 30, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Yahoo News is better in the app
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- 19/21
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A woman collects free grocery iems distributed by police officials during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Amritsar on March 30, 2020. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) (Photo by NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images) - 20/21
Three Week Lockdown In India To Curb COVID-19 Coronavirus
JAMMU, INDIA - MARCH 29: Police personnel spray disinfectant to sanitize an auto rickshaw, on day 5 of the 21 day nationwide lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to check the spread of coronavirus, on March 29, 2020 in Jammu, India. (Photo by Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) - 21/21
Migrant Workers Head Home In Coronavirus Lockdown
GHAZIABAD, INDIA - MARCH 29: Police personnel screen for identity cards at UP Gate - Nh9 road after the Ghaziabad police on early Sunday morning sealed Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border due to a huge rush of migrant workers heading home, on Day 5 of the 21 day nationwide lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to curb the spread of coronavirus, on March 29, 2020 in Ghaziabad, India. (Photo by Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and some innovative ones too.
The Indian police, who are diligently working round the clock to ensure complete lockdown across the country, have been resorting to several unique ways in a bid to keep people off the streets and inside their homes, and to educate people about coronavirus, its spread and impact. They are also trying their best to keep the morale of people up by singing motivational songs.
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