Shopping malls, hotels and clubs, which were also reopened, saw comparatively less patronage.
After more than five months, bus operation resumed in Tamil Nadu to a tepid response from passengers. Places of worship, parks, shopping malls, hotels and clubs also reopened on Tuesday. The buses were disinfected before being removed from the warehouses, while the drivers and drivers began to work after a temperature check. In several places, workers offered prayers and broke gourds, a common practice to ward off the evil eye, before hitting the roads.
Transport Minister MR Vijayabhaskar said only a few people used the services on the opening day and more buses would resume after seeing people’s response in the coming days. Out of the approximately 22,000 fleet force in state transportation corporations, 6,090 buses were operated today within the boundaries of each district. Services are open until 9 pm, he told reporters.
READ | Tamil Nadu: Buses back on the road; shopping malls and places of worship reopened in Chennai
Shopping malls, hotels and clubs, which were also reopened, saw comparatively less patronage. The parks, however, came alive again with the return of the morning walkers and joggers. As a general preventive measure, the government said that cross ventilation should be encouraged in all places and that the temperature of air conditioners should be in the range of 24-30 degrees Celsius.
Karan Acharya, a graphic artist from Bengaluru, has become an internet sensation after several of his digital artworks went viral on social media. The 32-year-old’s muse is ordinary people. It has the ability to recreate any ordinary image into stunning visual art, depicting people as mythological figures or whatever they want to be.
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His recent work, in which he turned a familiar image of day laborers into Lord Krishna’s family, has caught the attention of netizens. So far, the image has received 24,000 re-tweets and 159.7K likes on Twitter. The artist says he receives 2,000 requests a day on his Instagram, Facebook and Twitter pages. You charge for some of the artwork, while others are done at no cost.
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