A policeman wearing a coronavirus-themed outfit composed of helmet, mace and shield, gestures towards a vendor (L) at a market to raise awareness about social distancing, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai, on April 2, 2020. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)

Sikh Nihang's Singh (Sikh warriors) walk along the empty Heritage Street after strict lockdown norms for weekends and public holidays were imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar on June 13, 2020. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)

This drone shot shows Indian farmers collecting paddy saplings to replant in a field on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Agriculture is the main livelihood of more than 50 percent of India's population. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

A truck driver naps under his truck at the fancy bazaar area during the twelve hours Assam bandh or strike in Guwahati, Assam, India, 23 October 2018. At least 46 organisations are observing a 12-hour bandh across the state to protest against the Centre's bid to clear the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, in the Winter Session of Parliament. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)

An Indian Sikh devotee spits fire as he performs during religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru or master, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 21 November 2018. The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji will be observed on 23 November 2018. (Photo by Jaipal Singh/EPA/EFE)

A boy makes his way on a bicycle along a flooded road near the Ganges River in Allahabad on August 23, 2022, as water levels rose following monsoon rainfalls. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)

A woman carries an idol of Hindu god Ganesh to her home on the first day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Mumbai, India on August 22, 2020. (Photo by Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters)

A vendor adjusts her scarf as she sells Winnie the Pooh cartoon-shaped balloons on a highway during the weekend lockdown in Amritsar, India, 30 August 2020. Another lockdown was imposed by the state government to control the spread of novel coronavirus which causes the Covid19 disease. (Photo by Raminder Pal Singh/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)