The timing of the lockdown has coincided with “Choutha Baisakh”. Baisakh is the auspicious month for marriages but the extension of the lockdown till May 3 to stem the march of the coronavirus has slammed the brakes on ceremonies and wedding registrations in Bengal. More than 90 per cent of these have been cancelled,” said a source in the All Bengal Marriage Officers’ Organisation. “Marriage registrations need to come under the purview of an essential, or exempt, activity during the lockdown,” he added. The lockdown should not be a problem for people who are trying to get their marriages registered…,” he said.

Source: The Telegraph April 16, 2020 21:00 UTC