Maharashtra: Migrant labourers cycle towards their home from Nagpur to MP
By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 17, 2020 16:31 IST2020-04-17T16:30:51+5:302020-04-17T16:31:53+5:30
Migrant labourers cycling, walking on foot in Nagpur towards their homes in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh amid coronavirus ...
Maharashtra: Migrant labourers cycle towards their home from Nagpur to MP
Migrant labourers cycling, walking on foot in Nagpur towards their homes in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh amid coronavirus lockdown.
"I started my journey from Nashik five days ago & it will take another six days to reach my home," said a labourer.
Maharashtra: Migrant labourers cycling, walking on foot in Nagpur towards their homes in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh amid #CoronavirusLockdown. "I started my journey from Nashik five days ago & it will take another six days to reach my home," says a labourer. pic.twitter.com/GLCkxJrNgt
— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2020
My husband & I started our journey on cycle with our one year old child from Nagpur to Siwni in Madhya Pradesh yesterday. We were waiting for buses to start on April 14 but since they did not begin, we decided to travel on cycle: Anjali, a labourer https://t.co/tJMToSiBYTpic.twitter.com/dxPhpluS23
— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2020
The lockdown has triggered many thousands of migrant workers left jobless. Many of them returned from big cities to their homes on foot.
The Centre has directed all states and Union territories to use their State Disaster Response Fund to provide temporary accommodation, food, clothing and medical care to migrant labourers left jobless because of the lockdown.
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