Mangaluru: Citizens light candles and lamps to ’fight darkness of Coronavirus pandemic’

mangaloretoday.com

Mangaluru, April 5, 2020: Citizens of Mangaluru joins millions of Indians across the country switched off lights at their homes and lit candles, diyas or turned on mobile phone torches on Sunday night, 9 PM, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to show the nation’s "collective resolve and solidarity" in its fight darkness  of coronavirus.

PM Modi had asked citizens to turn off power at homes and light candles and lamps to "fight darkness of coronavirus pandemic". 

He had said: "I request all of you to switch off all the lights in your house on April 5 at 9 pm for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, "Diya", torch or mobile’s flashlight" to chase away darkness and gloom brought by the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus.