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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Migrant worMigrant 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.kers 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 home by foot.
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.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. Adoji Raika, 70 (left) has a herd of 1,000 camels, down from 10,000 when he was young. Here, his herd is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. Adoji Raika, 70 (left) has a herd of 1,000 camels, down from 10,000 when he was young. Here, his herd is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. Adoji Raika, 70 (left) has a herd of 1,000 camels, down from 10,000 when he was young. Here, his herd is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. Adoji Raika, 70 (left) has a herd of 1,000 camels, down from 10,000 when he was young. Here, his herd is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. Adoji Raika, 70 (left) has a herd of 1,000 camels, down from 10,000 when he was young. Here, his herd is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. Adoji Raika, 70 (left) has a herd of 1,000 camels, down from 10,000 when he was young. Here, his herd is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. Adoji Raika, 70 (left) has a herd of 1,000 camels, down from 10,000 when he was young. Here, his herd is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.
The camel herders of Pali are deeply distressed about losing access to traditional pastures that are now in a Sanctuary. This herd of 1,000 belongs to Adoji Raika, 70. It is grazing on the crop residues in the field of Khim Singh, 60, a farmer of Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan
Camel scientists of National Research Centre on Camels in Bikaner talk to Raika pastoralists Jojawar village in Kharchi tehsil of Pali district, Rajasthan.