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PHOTOS: Then and now as Mumbai bounces back in style from Covid-19
A weekly photo-series that captures city landmarks as they were at the beginning of the pandemic and how they are now, with curbs lifted. Pic/Mid-day photo team
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A weekly photo-series that captures city landmarks as they were at the beginning of the pandemic and how they are now, with curbs lifted. Pic/Mid-day photo team
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2020: This stretch of road between Chembur and Sion on the Eastern Express Highway is perennially choked by traffic. This magical scene, however, was days after the lockdown was announced in March 2020. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
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2022: The stretch on April 13. The area very quickly got back to reality after the curbs were lifted. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
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2020: Traffic on the usually chock-a-block Elphinstone Road flyover did the vanishing act in April 2020, days after the pandemic-induced lockdown was announced. Pic/Bipin Kokate
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2022: In this April 13, 2022 picture, traffic had returned to its bumper-to-bumper familiarity. Pic/Bipin Kokate
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2020: Amar Mahal junction in Chembur, which has motorists’ hearts sinking every time they approach it, was a marathoner’s dream following the first announcement of the nationwide lockdown in March 2020. Pic/Atul Kamble
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2022: The familiar trepidation returns for the city’s motorists and this scene at the same spot, on April 11 this year, shows why. Pic/Atul Kamble
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2021: This scene at the Dadar TT Circle is from just a year ago when the second wave hit the city like a sledgehammer. Everything, including the dreaded traffic at this circle, decided to take it easy. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
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2022: A year later, the familiar dread and the traffic has returned to Dadar TT circle. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
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2021: Marine Drive, a tourist and leisure seeker’s delight, where one never worries about being in close proximity to absolute strangers, had not a soul in sight in this picture from April 20, last year. Pic/Ashish Raje
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2022: In February, a more familiar, care-a-damn attitude on display at the same spot. Pic/Bipin Kokate
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High tidal waves in Mumbai delay Lalbaugcha Raja`s visarjan
The iconic Lalbaugcha Raja idol was shifted onto a raft on Sunday afternoon after delays since morning due to high tide and technical challenges, with final immersion, delayed by several hours, expected to take place around 11 pm, officials said.
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