Citizens responded positively to the appeal made by Chief Minister Hemant Soren not to take the lockdown period as a "holiday" and stay indoors, with markets remaining shut and no large gathering of people seen anywhere in the capital and elsewhere in Jharkhand on the second day of the order over coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday.
Only handful of vehicles ferrying essential items were seen in Ranchi and in other districts.
Violation of the lockdown order was rampant on the first day on Monday when people were seen assembling in large numbers in the markets abd vehicles plying freely in Ranchi and other parts of the state.
Soren had expressed concern over people coming out of their homes violating the lockdown order, and urged them to remain indoors,saying "It is not a holiday."