According to government statistics, 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.
fredag 27. mars 2020
Indian migrant workers could undermine the world's largest lockdown
Thousands of migrant workers are attempting to leave India's major cities after a government lockdown designed to prevent a local epidemic of novel coronavirus left them without jobs or pay. 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.
According to government statistics, 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.
According to government statistics, 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.
