Recovery tracker: Retail and recreation footfalls back to September lows

Traffic and emission also take a hit in both Delhi and Mumbai

The number of people stepping out to go to retail and recreation spots is down to its lowest in around seven months — back to the level seen during the peak of the first Covid-19 wave.
 
The numbers are based on search engine Google’s mobility tracker, which uses anonymised location data to track how people are moving during the pandemic. The latest figures are as of April 21. These show that retail and recreation visits are down 41.6 per cent compared to pre-pandemic times. Transit stations and workplaces have also seen a decline (see chart 1).
 
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