Recovery tracker: Mobility, railway indicators hold steady as cases rise

Traffic and emissions are lower in some places than others relative to pre-pandemic days

The rise in the number of Covid-19 cases hasn’t been a dampener for people conducting business just yet. People are still stepping out to work and for other reasons, railways show growth in goods carried and power generation is also higher than before.

Business Standard tracks mobility, pollution levels, goods carried by the Indian railways, traffic and power generation data to check on the weekly pace of recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic which began in 2020.

Official economic data is often released with a lag. Analysts globally have been tracking similar indicators to get a current sense of the economy