PHOTOS: Then and now as Mumbai bounces back from the impact of Covid-19

Updated On: 30 April, 2022 10:42 AM IST |

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. Pics/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. Pics/Mid-day photo team

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2020: A rare sight of an empty JJ Flyover and the roads under it at the start of the lockdown on March 27, 2020. Pic/Bipin Kokate

<p>2022: The flyover and the choked roads under it are the city’s return to normal after all pandemic-related curbs were lifted in February this year. Pic/Bipin Kokate</p>

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2022: The flyover and the choked roads under it are the city’s return to normal after all pandemic-related curbs were lifted in February this year. Pic/Bipin Kokate

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2020: An empty Byculla bridge means the backdrop is visible in stunning detail in this lockdown photo. Pic/Suresh Karkera

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2022: Two years later, the twin towers in the background have risen as has the traffic on the bridge. Pic/Suresh Karkera

<p>2020: We’ll bet you never noticed this fountain outside Dadar East station. Thanks to the lockdown, this is the clearest view Mumbai would get of the precinct without its perennial blanket of traffic and people. Pic/Ashish Raje</p>

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2020: We’ll bet you never noticed this fountain outside Dadar East station. Thanks to the lockdown, this is the clearest view Mumbai would get of the precinct without its perennial blanket of traffic and people. Pic/Ashish Raje

<p>2022: The moment the lockdown restrictions were lifted, the road and fountain promptly went behind the familiar invisibility cloak. Pic/Ashish Raje</p>

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2022: The moment the lockdown restrictions were lifted, the road and fountain promptly went behind the familiar invisibility cloak. Pic/Ashish Raje

<p>2020: This is probably one of the last photos of the coastline along Haji Ali at the start of the Coastal Road project work. Thanks to the pandemic, this is also a rare sight of empty roads on an almost-never-empty stretch. Pic/Bipin Kokate</p>

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2020: This is probably one of the last photos of the coastline along Haji Ali at the start of the Coastal Road project work. Thanks to the pandemic, this is also a rare sight of empty roads on an almost-never-empty stretch. Pic/Bipin Kokate

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2022: A heartbreaking sight of how much the sea has been reclaimed in two years, and the return of bumper-to-bumper traffic. Pic/Rane Ashish

<p>2020: This space under the bridge at Cadbury junction in Thane is rarely empty, so during the lockdown, health workers made the most of it as a makeshift testing space for Covid-19. Pic/Sameer Markande</p>

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2020: This space under the bridge at Cadbury junction in Thane is rarely empty, so during the lockdown, health workers made the most of it as a makeshift testing space for Covid-19. Pic/Sameer Markande

<p>2022: As soon as all the Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, the space went back to being put to its best use—a cricket ground for children. Pic/Sameer Markande </p>

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2022: As soon as all the Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, the space went back to being put to its best use—a cricket ground for children. Pic/Sameer Markande

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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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High tidal waves in Mumbai delay Lalbaugcha Raja`s visarjan