Right now there is no other choice IMO. We are dealing with a pandemic which has killed close to 10 million people (5 million as per official figures). You can't deal with it just like you deal with a localized outbreak of flu or pneumonia. I understand that a lot of people are out of work, and I have seen this in my village as well. But the logic for imposing these lockdown restrictions is that the sooner we could contain the pandemic, that much earlier the economic activity can be resumed. That said, it is the duty of the governments to provide support to the population during this lockdown period.