indore except for a few vehicles on the roads residents of indore were largely confined to their homes on sunday as district administration enforced a 24hour complete lockdown the first of the weekly lockdown which came into effect from 1000pm on saturday and continued till 0600am on mondaymost of the streets wore a deserted look as shops retail outlets vegetable markets and mandis remained shut tea stalls food joints and restaurants also remained closed and did not even offer takeaway service religious places also remained shut and entry of devotees was also not allowedeven morning and evening walkers did not come out of their homes in masses as the administration restricted entry in public gardens of the cityall major roads and areas of the city like ab road mr10 jawahar marg mg road rajwada yeshwant niwas road etc wore a deserted look throughout the day as only a few vehicles including those associated with essential services like healthcare were on roadfuel stations across the city also remained shut throughout the day movement of public transport vehicles was also allowed for people travelling and to and from the citybarricades were also installed on almost all arterial roads junctions and at the citys entry and exit points and those moving on streets were stopped and questioned on the purpose of their travel however in areas like sukhlia pardeshipura bada ganpati vijay nagar and kanadia road some people were seen going out of their homes this included mostly youths who were seen strolling on bikes without a reason and were sent back to their homes by patrolling teamsin some residential colonies like mahalakshmi sangam nagar shyam nagar chandan nagar etc some small grocery stores and shops were seen selling items with their shutters halfclosed in the morning as a few customers kept on demanding for items they were in extreme need ofmore than 700 police personnel including traffic police were deployed across the city to conduct checks and enforcement besides police personnel from local police stations were seen patrolling in the city areas on twowheelersofficials claimed that almost cent percent compliance was ensured in the city with no major issue of violation across the cityour mandate was clear and it was to help people not to harass them the lockdown was successful since it was selfimposed and pursued by the citizens of indore dig manish kapooriya said adding that only a few people were booked for violating lockdown norms in some parts of the city