{"id":10220,"date":"2020-08-31T18:09:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T12:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=10220"},"modified":"2021-01-05T03:07:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:37:26","slug":"lockdown-life-in-kolkata-the-city-on-august-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/lockdown-life-in-kolkata-the-city-on-august-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown life in Kolkata: the city on August 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Complete lockdown was implemented across West Bengal on August 31. The Bengal government has decided to implement a bi-weekly lockdown across the state to contain the spread of COVID-19. Complete lockdown was implemented on August 5 (Wednesday), 8 (Saturday), 20 (Thursday), 21 (Friday), 27 (Thursday) and 31 (Monday) in West Bengal.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some views from across the city on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10222\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-8-e1598872549579.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-8-e1598872549579.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-8-e1598872549579-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10223\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-7-e1598872592208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"549\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10224\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-6-e1598872635660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-6-e1598872635660.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-6-e1598872635660-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10225\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-5-e1598872694581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"547\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10226\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-4-e1598872741847.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-4-e1598872741847.jpg 748w, https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-4-e1598872741847-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10227\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-3-e1598872803766.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-3-e1598872803766.jpg 748w, https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-3-e1598872803766-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10228\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-2-e1598872846863.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-2-e1598872846863.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-2-e1598872846863-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10229\" src=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-1-e1598872890375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-1-e1598872890375.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/lockdown-31-aug-1-e1598872890375-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Picture courtesy: Kolkata Police]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six days of complete lockdown implemented in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":10221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[378,246,346,371],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-10220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-bengal","tag-containment-zones","tag-coronavirus-in-india","tag-coronavirus-in-kolkata","tag-lockdown-in-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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