If lockdown is totally lifted on 14th April ( - although not suddenly or surprisingly,
since known in advance ), we can expect millions
of persons to pour onto the streets within hours
All public places will
get jam-packed and every mode of passenger
transport will get overwhelmed
It could resemble uncorking of a Champaign bottle ! Eruption
of a Volcano with its lid blown off !
If we are smart , we should be scared – very scared –
of the consequences of saying ,
“ Goodbye,
Social Distancing – Welcome Anti-Social Anarchy ! “
Can we stop such anarchy ? If yes, how ?
Answer :
Ideally , we should render it unnecessary for people to
leave their homes . If Mohamed cannot go to Mountain , then Mountain must go to
Mohamed !
Mohamed = Members of a family locked down in home
Mountain = Offices / Factories/ Shops / Religious Places
/ Social Venues/ Edu Inst / Entertainment Places
Although not feasible in each of the
above-mentioned cases , wherever possible , people should be enabled to
carry-out their “ Interactions – Transactions “ online, with “ Deliveries –
Gratifications “ ( of goods or services ) taking place through “ Delivery
Persons / Drones “ .
Not only all Commerce should become E Commerce ( with almost everything selling
online ) but even all Services should become E-Services
This cannot happen overnight . Even with
a very strong determination ( to make
everything Online ), it may take years to
arrive anywhere near this goal
What do we do in the meantime (expedient
), to prevent “ Anti Social Intimacy “ ?
Merely announcing a “ PUBLIC PLACES
POLICY [ 3P ] “ , won’t suffice
I urge the Governments ( Central + States
) to publicize following :
======================================================
Time-table for Gradual
Unlocking of Public Places [ TGUPP ]
======================================================
Month
|
Transport
|
Offices - Banks
|
Factories-workshops
|
Shops-Malls
|
Religious Places
|
Social Venues
|
Edu Insti
|
Entertain Venues
|
Apr
2020
|
Bycycles-Trucks-2
Wheelers
|
<
10 persons
|
<
5 persons
|
Only
Ecom Cos
|
None
|
Home
( < 20 persons )
|
Coaching
Classes ( < 10 )
|
None
|
May
|
Private
cars
|
6 –
25 persons
|
Medical
stores
|
None
|
Same
as above
|
Same
as above
|
None
|
|
June
|
Intercity
Buses
|
26-50
persons
|
Kirana
stores
|
None
|
Hall
( upto 50 )
|
10
- 50
|
None
|
|
July
|
Intercity
Trains
|
<
50
|
<
100
|
Veg
Mkts
|
Corner
|
Hall
( < 100 )
|
-
|
-
|
Aug
|
Planes
|
-
|
<
500
|
Small
Malls
|
Small
|
Hall
( < 100 )
|
-
|
-
|
Sept
|
City
Buses
|
<
100
|
>
500
|
-
|
-
|
Gardens
|
Colleges / Hostels
|
Cinema
Halls ( < 200 )
|
Oct
|
Ferries
|
-
|
-
|
Medium
Malls
|
Medium
|
Beaches
|
-
|
-
|
Nov
|
Metro-Local
Trains
|
100
- 500
|
-
|
-
|
Medium
|
Resorts
|
University
Campuses
|
Stadium
( < 500 )
|
Dec
|
Cruise
Ships
|
-
|
-
|
Large
Malls
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
500-1000
|
Jan
21
|
-
|
500
+
|
-
|
-
|
Large
|
-
|
-
|
1000-5000
|
Feb
|
Shirdi-Tirupati
|
Open
Sports Grouds
|
||||||
Mar
|
Golden
Temple
|
|||||||
April
|
Jama
Masjid
|
Notes :
Ø None
of the above apply to the following units – establishments - facilities :
#
Healthcare facilities engaged in fighting Corona Virus pandemic ( eg :
Hospitals /
Nursing Homes / Labs / Moholla Clinic /
Clinics of private doctors etc )
# Pharma
companies / Bulk Drug Mfrs / Drug Intermediate Mfrs
# Essential
services / offices of Governments / Municipalities
#
Manufacturers of Medical Equipment / devices
#
Courier Companies / Delivery companies
Ø This
is only a CONCEPTUAL FRAME
– WORK [ Not
so ODD after all ! ]
Ø Governments should liberalize /
encourage “ self employed “ hawkers / vendors to go from door-to-door, with
whatever goods they may be selling(eg:Vegetable Vendors ) They may be encouraged to form a SOCIETY, and
launch a portal where people can register their needs
Currently, in
Mumbai alone, there are estimated 3 lakh hawkers ( of which, only
12,000 are licensed
)
Most of them
spread their ware on footpaths. Govt should come out with a scheme
whereby they vacate the spaces on footpaths
and load their stuff onto hand-carts (
6’x3’ wooden platforms mounted on 4 bicycle
wheels, called RENKDI or LAARY )
which are a familiar sight all over India.
Corporate (
FMCG and others ) will be happy to donate such carts to the
government ( costing approx. Rs 1,000 each ),
if they are allowed to host their
product-advts
on such carts, permanently. This ( advt ) could be a 12” wide steel
sheet along the 18 feet periphery of the cart
Government may
gift / donate such carts to footpath-occupying vendors, and track
their movements through their Mobile Phones . 3
lakh carts will cost Rs 30 crore but
these will roam 1500 km of Mumbai roads /
streets, delivering good at door-steps.
Mountain goes to
Mohamed !
Ø Figures
mentioned in tabulation above ( of number of persons permitted ) , can vary
from place to place and over time
Ø Based
on guidelines issued by the Central Government, State Home Departments can
frame their own timetable and arrange to have it “ Posted / Pasted “ outside each and
every Public Place, in a prominent way
Ø What
is far more important is to monitor the actual observance of the PUBLIC PLACES RULES ,
by the establishments concerned. This would require :
# CCTV enabled with Facial Recognition
Software
Marriage
of Technologies to contain Corona ? Yes !..............[ 15 Mar 2020 ]
# Mobile Apps
Thank
You , Shri RaviShankar Prasadji……………………………………[ 02 April 2020 ]
#
Mobile-based Attendance System at each entry point
MAD goes
to Mandi
# “ E –Summons “ for persons breaking the
rules
# Automatic
and instant “ Immobilization “ of vehicles flouting the rules
Immobilize
the Jumpers ? ……………………………………………………[ 14 Mar 2018 ]
=========================================================
Related Readings :
Sankalp
– Sanyanm – Shastra ……………………………………..
[ 20 March 2020 ]
Mobiles
for Tracking Corona Movements ? ………………………[ 23 March 2020 ]
How
to convert Temporary into Permanent ?................. [ 19 Mar 2020
]
=========================================================
Will such graduated, but
prolonged lockdown, have a greater negative impact on our ECONOMY , as
compared to bringing it to a quick / definitive END ?
A recent research paper says : NO
[ source : Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health
Highlights :
We find that cities that intervened earlier and more aggressively do not
perform worse and, if anything, grow faster after
the pandemic is over.
Our
findings thus indicate that NPIs [ Non-Pharmaceutical
Intervention ie ; Social Distancing ] , not
only lower mortality; they also mitigate the adverse
economic consequences of a pandemic
===============================================
Dear
Shri Narendrabhai Modiji,
As
advised by you, of course I will switch-on a torch at 9 pm tomorrow evening –
which may light up my gallery
But
what I have suggested above, is a powerful SEARCH-LIGHT which will light up the
entire sky above our beloved country
With
regards,
Hemen
Parekh
===============================================
04
April 2020
hcp@RecruitGuru.com