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Recovery tracker: More Indians Stepping out, vehicle registrations go up

With more people venturing out, traffic congestion increased in major cities in the country last week, shows data from global location technology firm TomTom International

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Krishna KantSachin P Mampatta Mumbai
Outdoor activities have increased further with the fear of Covid-19 infections receding — even though the number of infections has gone up. According to a government bulletin on Monday, 2,541 Covid-19 cases were reported over the last 24 hours.

More Indians, however, stepped out for retail and recreational activities in the latest week than they did in pre-pandemic days. Similarly, the use of public transport also increased, though there was a decline in office visits on week-on-week basis.

Retail and recreation visits were 12.9 per cent higher than before the pandemic took hold. Visits to transit stations, too, were 27.4

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