Finally saner sense prevailed and Goa will be locked down from April 29 (Thursday) till May 3. This was a long overdue step and requests from a large section of the population. Last year when the number of cases were insignificant, we witnessed stringent lockdown and people were stressed and harassed. In the last couple of months when the situation was going out of control (due to influx of tourists) the people implored for a lockdown while the government looked the other way. Tourism economy is essential and because of this some powers in North Goa and a majority of the tourism-related people were against lockdown. On the contrary, looking at the recent alarming rise in cases the same powers asked for 10 days of lockdown to break the Covid chain along some stretches of coastal North Goa. Had those powers initially agreed to allow testing of people entering Goa the lockdown could perhaps have been avoided. Ttourism industry could have been sustainable and safe and the number of cases could have been negligible.
