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Heart-Wrenching images of migrants walking home amid COVID-19 lockdown goes viral

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 18, 2020 18:56 IST

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This picture of a woman pulling her child sleeping half hung on suitcase has gone viral on social media. The migrant woman was reportedly walking all the way from Punjab to Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh till she caught the attention of the media people.
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This guy doesn't has any idea how many kilometres he has to walk to reach his family.
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Many people are trying different ways and means to reach their home.
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Many people were moved to tears when they saw the struggle of the workers who went out with their little ones in the scorching summer.
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No one has come forward to help them during the lockdown. They are struggling to reach their native.
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Many decided to cover hundreds of kilometers on foot due to lack of transportation.
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Carrying their child on shoulders the laborers strugge to reach home.
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While many people are coming forward to help them with providing refreshments and snacks during the walking journey.
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The wife of a migrant worker gives water to her child as they rest briefly during their journey home, hundreds of miles away, on foot during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus.
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However, due to lack of transportation, many decided to cover hundreds of kilometers on foot. But their journey was tough and painful.
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Migrants rest as they wait to cross the border to their home state of Uttar Pradesh, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi.
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Fifteen-year-old boy was tied to a bullock cart after selling a bull worth Rs 15,000 for Rs 5,000.
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A viral picture taken by PTI photographer Atul Yadav showed a migrant worker sitting on the roadside and crying on his phone. Identified as Bihar's Ram Pukar Pandit, his one-year-old son passed away and he was unable to see him. Ram Pukar used to work in Delhi and he tried to return home but was stopped at the UP Gate.
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