Recovery tracker: Lower mobility, power generation in week ended Sept 14

Railway freight traffic numbers were higher than before

People spent more time at home and visits elsewhere dropped accordingly.

Footfalls at retail stores and recreation spots, and visits to groceries, pharmacies and workplaces all declined in the week ended September 14, shows data from search engine Google. It uses anonymised location data to track how people are moving during the pandemic.

Electricity consumption in the country dipped last week and the gap over 2019 levels shrank due to lower generation and demand. Power producers generated 4,310 million units (MU) of electricity per day on average in the latest week. It was 4,615 million units a day the previous