West Bengal's Singur facing difficult times amid the coronavirus lockdown

On the road adjoining the Singur Bazar area, Lakshmikanta Ghosh, is waiting expectantly for a customer to walk into his sweet shop, Rakshamata Mistanna Bhandar. But no one does, and his hopes are fast fading. The worry lines show up as Ghosh says, "In the next one hour also, no one may come." Since the West Bengal government allowed relaxations for sweet shops during the lockdown earlier this week, there have hardly been any customers, which is making the owner anxious.

Ghosh is one of the few in the area who owns 8 cows and two buffalos. The daily cattle feed