Sale of diya increases in Delhi after PM's '9 PM- 9 Mins' appeal
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- Published: April 5, 2020 13:57
New Delhi: 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.
Bihar: Earthen lamps being sold in Patna, in the view of PM Modi’s call to light diyas and candles at 9pm today, to unite citizens in the fight against COVID19 pic.twitter.com/waooYVFP1m
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
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.”
Moradabad: People purchase earthen lamps to light them at 9 PM today as urged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a gesture to win over darkness in this time of despair due to #CoronavirusPandemic. pic.twitter.com/so7IcSPU5B
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 5, 2020
Amid a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Prime Minister Modi 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. (ANI)