The New Town authorities are making lockdown documentaries and they have asked residents to send videos and photographs of their “best lockdown moments”.

An official of Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation said it was decided to make residents a part of the filmmaking process to keep them engaged while collecting the best photographs and videos of New Town.

Debashis Sen, the chairman and managing director of Hidco, said they had decided to make the film because this was a time that had to be “chronicled and properly recorded”.

“The entire city, including New Town, looks completely different now. As the air is cleaner, the skies look bluer and because of fewer vehicles, there is little noise. This is attracting a lot of birds to both Eco Park and Eco Urban village,” Sen said.

According to another Hidco official, a photography contest had been started where residents could send their photographs. “The pictures and the videos sent by residents will be combined with those taken by us, including drone footage, to make the film,” the official said.