Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 27 : The Truck drivers who had come to deliver essential goods here are stuck and facing problems amid the nationwide lockdown.
"We had delivered goods here from Gujarat, but now we are stuck since March 19. Price of everything has risen. We're eating 'khichdi' and 'namak-roti," a driver told .
Maharashtra is one of the worst-hit states in the country with 147 COVID-19 cases.
A total of 724 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 21-day lockdown in the entire country effective from midnight to deal with the spread of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is the only option to deal with the disease.
( With inputs from ANI )