PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday declared a 21 day nationwide lockdown explaining that this will help in breaking the Covid-19 chain.While the lockdown may seem a definite plan to curb the spread of the infection, but in India not many can afford a 21 day lockdown. Many migrant workers are leaving India's major cities and walking towards their homes after a government lockdown designed to prevent the spread of the virus left them without jobs, pay and food.
The potential mass migration may undermine attempts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to prevent the localized spread of the coronavirus, with some workers even attempting to make the journey on foot, due to widespread closures of public transport.As per government report, every year more than nine million migrant workers move from India's rural areas to large population centers to find work at construction sites or factories, sending money back to their home towns and villages.But with those industries closed by the government lockdown, many have been left with little choice but to attempt the return journey home.
Here are few pictures and videos of the impact of lockdown on the migrant workers: