Sitapur: Located about 90 km from Lucknow, the capital of UP, a small village is in crisis at this time. Overnight, it has become a subject of ridicule for the village and the outsiders who live here, because the name of this village - Corona, which sounds similar to the deadly virus Coronavirus.

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Local resident Raju Tripathi while talking to media personnel said, "Even our relatives are making fun of the name of the village because of this similarity in name. They tell us that they will not come to corana. If we have any Telling the stranger where we live, he laughs at seeing us. An unknown person called me on my phone and said, 'How are you still alive?' - When I told him that I was speaking from Korauna. "

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Incidentally, corona is the first stop of the 84-Kosi Parikrama. Every year, a fortnight after the festival of Holi, thousands of people take part in this parikrama. A local farmer Gokul told that, "This is the name of the village for decades, but suddenly we are being considered as such." The population of this village located in Mishrikh tehsil is around 9,000. There is also a government primary school and other facilities in this village. In fact, it is included in the better developed villages of the state.

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