Mumbai imposes strict coronavirus restrictions as infections surge

People wearing masks stand in queues to board trains at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai, India (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

The teeming metropolis of Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, the Indian state worst hit by the pandemic, face stricter restrictions for 15 days in an effort to stem the surge of coronavirus infections.

Top state officials stressed that the closure of most industries, businesses, public places and limits on the movement of people did not constitute a lockdown.