Visual from Moradabad.
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): People in Moradabad were seeing buying diyas (earthen lamps) to light them at 9 PM today following Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘s appeal. Neeraj Kumari, a resident of Moradabad said: “We are buying diyas since the Prime Minister has appealed to light diyas for nine minutes from 9 PM today.
I have bought diyas as they are better than candles.” Kamla, who was selling diyas in the area said that several people has visited her shop today. “Modi ji has asked people to light diyas, candles and mobile flashlight. But if the people light diyas then we will also be able to make some money,” she said.
Amid a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Prime Minister Modi on Friday appealed to countrymen to light diyas and candles on April 5 at 9 pm to fight the darkness spread by the pandemic.
He asked the people to turn off all the lights in their homes and stand at doors or balconies and light candles or diyas, torches or mobile flashlights for 9 minutes on April 5.
Sale of diya increases in Delhi after PM’s ‘9 PM- 9 Mins’ appeal
Sale of diyas in the national capital have increased after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed citizens to either light a candle, diya or flashlight at 9 pm on April 5 to dispel the darkness and gloom brought by the outbreak of the deadly novel Coronavirus .
“Sales of diyas have increased to 50 per cent and we also got orders. It has happened because of Modi ji’s appeal. We are with him in this,” Ram Ravi Kumar, a shopkeeper told ANI. Another shopkeeper said: “We were not getting customers due to lockdown. But from tomorrow, customers started coming to our shop. We also got some orders on the phone. I hope that we will get customers today as well.”
