2020: A rare sight of an empty JJ Flyover and the roads under it at the start of the lockdown on March 27, 2020. Pic/Bipin Kokate

2022: The flyover and the choked roads under it are the city’s return to normal after all pandemic-related curbs were lifted in February this year. Pic/Bipin Kokate

2020: An empty Byculla bridge means the backdrop is visible in stunning detail in this lockdown photo. Pic/Suresh Karkera

2022: Two years later, the twin towers in the background have risen as has the traffic on the bridge. Pic/Suresh Karkera

2020: We’ll bet you never noticed this fountain outside Dadar East station. Thanks to the lockdown, this is the clearest view Mumbai would get of the precinct without its perennial blanket of traffic and people. Pic/Ashish Raje

2022: The moment the lockdown restrictions were lifted, the road and fountain promptly went behind the familiar invisibility cloak. Pic/Ashish Raje

2020: This is probably one of the last photos of the coastline along Haji Ali at the start of the Coastal Road project work. Thanks to the pandemic, this is also a rare sight of empty roads on an almost-never-empty stretch. Pic/Bipin Kokate

2022: A heartbreaking sight of how much the sea has been reclaimed in two years, and the return of bumper-to-bumper traffic. Pic/Rane Ashish

2020: This space under the bridge at Cadbury junction in Thane is rarely empty, so during the lockdown, health workers made the most of it as a makeshift testing space for Covid-19. Pic/Sameer Markande

2022: As soon as all the Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, the space went back to being put to its best use—a cricket ground for children. Pic/Sameer Markande