Deserted streets raise alarm over India’s fuel demand recovery
The usually teeming streets of India’s commercial capital of Mumbai looked more like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie last weekend.
On Marine Drive, which overlooks the Arabian Sea, the regular hustle and bustle was completely absent, while Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji Road, a thoroughfare that runs past one of the world’s busiest railway stations, was also eerily empty.
A motorcyclist travels along an empty Marine Drive road during a weekend lockdown in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Maharashtra has halted all non-essential services, ordered private companies to work from home, and shut malls and restaurants through April.
