Migrant workers and daily wage labourers start walking to their villages hundreds of kilometres away. Without work and public transport, workers were left with little choice but to head back their home by foot.
Workers try to board bus at Anand Vihar bus station amid lockdown, Delhi. Mandatory social distancing, reiterated by PM Modi in both his addresses, was impossible in such a scenario. At a time when the government is hinting at community transmission, such gatherings have already posed a massive health risk. So what purpose did the lockdown serve?
Workers try to board bus at Anand Vihar bus station amid lockdown, Delhi. Mandatory social distancing, reiterated by PM Modi in both his addresses, was impossible in such a scenario. At a time when the government is hinting at community transmission, such gatherings have already posed a massive health risk. So what purpose did the lockdown serve?
An NDRF personnel offers hand sanitizer to migrant workers assembled outside Delhi’s Anand Vihar Bus Terminus on day 5 of the 21 day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.
An NDRF personnel offers hand sanitizer to migrant workers assembled outside Delhi’s Anand Vihar Bus Terminus on day 5 of the 21 day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Municipal worker sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure, around Anand Vihar road amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel corona virus, in Delhi