With few takers, sales of the national flag have witnessed a sharp decline in Assam's Guwahati ahead of the 75th Independence Day celebrations. The sales have been dropped by 80 per cent this year due to the ongoing pandemic. The schools and colleges being still closed have also affected the sale of the products related to Independence Day celebrations. Speaking media, Baby Kalita, a shop owner said: "Till now there is no sale of national flags or things related to the Independence Day. It is very less compared to the previous year. We have not got any orders from the offices and other institutes. The COVID has affected the sales by 80 per cent this year due."

A local Ranjay Datta said that the Coronavirus is still there so people should celebrate Independence Day following the COVID protocols and guidelines. "We hoist a national flag at our housing society but this year we are not planning something grand. We will be celebrating following the social distance," Datta told the media.

Meanwhile, the Assam govt has announced total lockdown in two districts,- Golaghat and Lakhimpur, till further order. The government noted that rates of positive cases are moderate in five districts--Goalpara Morigaon, Jorhat, Sonitpur and Biswanath. Therefore the curfew time in these districts will be from 2 pm to 5 am. In other districts that are also showing improvement in COVID-19 cases, including Dhubri, Kamrup(M), South Salmara, Majuli, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Udalguri, West Karbi Anglong, Dima, Hasao, Charaideo, Hailakandi, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Nalbari, Baksa, Bajali, Kamrup, Darang, Nagaon, Hojai, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Cachar, Karimgam, Karbi Anglong, the curfew will be imposed from 5 pm to 5 am.

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