The usual buzz which keeps the city alive when Ramzan begins is missing this time, with the Muslim community observing the first ‘roza’ of the holy month amid the lockdown. Additionally, with the night curfew in place in the city in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, most people remained indoors with only families assembling to break the fast. Several joint families moved onto the terrace of their buildings to break the fast to maintain the requisite of social distancing.
Mosques across the city remained closed with congregational prayers being suspended following requests from the Telangana State Wakf Board and several Muslim scholars. Only the azaan (call for prayer) and siren to break the fast were made from the mosques to alert the community about the prayer time.