Relief and rehabilitation minister Vijay Wadettiwar said on Monday that the government is mulling a total lockdown because the curfew and other harsh restrictions have not helped much in achieving a desired goal of breaking the chain of infection. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will decide on it in a couple of days, added the minister.

“We haven’t imposed a lockdown, but it is a curfew and some harsh restrictions. The situation now is that traders, retailers and businessmen, who opposed lockdown earlier, are now demanding a complete lockdown. We have conveyed the public sentiment to the CM, who will decide on it in a couple of days,” said Wadettiwar.