In a video address on Friday, the PM appealed to the citizens to light candles, lamps or flashlights from their windows or outside their doors for 9 minutes
As cases of the novel Coronavirus continues to grow, several states have imposed Section 144 prohibiting the assembly of 4 or more people
They had also created a Facebook event ‘Stay Home’, inviting people to have lunch from the comfort and safety of their homes, for a virtual dine-in on 22nd March, the day of the Janta Curfew
The leading state in keeping most of its people indoors was the state of Kerala, witnessing a 90% drop in footfall during the Janta Curfew
Drawing inspiration from ‘Janta Curfew’ initiative, to fight against the COVID-19 virus, Fever FM had announced that all its RJs will go live from home on 22nd March
As part of the campaign, all Viacom18 channels will simultaneously air the multilingual public safety ad at 4:59:50 PM on March 22
Other films in the lineup include The Expendables 2, Ant-Man & the Wasp, Ice Age: Dawn of Dinosaurs, etc.
In the address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the citizens to observe a self-imposed curfew from 7 am to 9 pm this Sunday