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In spite of staying indoors for more than 100 days due to the raging coronavirus pandemic, a majority of Chennai residents want the restrictions to stay. A sample survey was conducted by IIT Madras in Chennai and across the country. It was found that 88 percent of Chennai residents including government employees, private employees,retired persons and housewives wanted the lockdown to continue. However those in business and trade were not for it.
It was found that 38 percent of Chennaiites were in favour of intense lockdown while 50 percent wanted lockdown with minimal restrictions and 12 percent wanted it to be lifted completely. This goes to prove that the majority are giving preference to health over livelihood according to Professor A. Thillai Rajan of the department of management studies. People also seem cautious on returning to normalcy.
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