In pictures | Coronavirus lockdown: woes galore on Day 6
Employees of Srinagar Municipal Corporation carry out fumigation at Lalchowk during the nationwide lockdown. The move comes as a preventive measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Srinagar. (Source: The Hindu)
Amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of coronavirus(COVID-19) in the country, there has been exodus of migrant workers from various villages who are desperate to return to their villages. Many were being left jobless and many of them without food, water or shelter.
Earlier, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had asked NHAI Chairman and toll operators across National Highways to provide food, water and other necessary support to migrant workers.
From delivering food to the elderly to taking medicines to the sick, from fighting fake news on the Internet to helping people with their groceries, voluntary groups across the country have joined hands to help those stranded on roads.
In Assam, the inability to transport the produce because of the nationwide lockdown has forced small dairy farmers to throw away hundreds of litres of milk and vegetable growers are letting their crop rot or dumping nearby for animals.
Migrant workers boarding a bus to Bhagalpur during the complete lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Patna. They have been brought from Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border and are being sent to their home district. (Source: The Hindu)Migrant workers boarding a bus to Bhagalpur during the complete lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Patna. They have been brought from Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border and are being sent to their home district. (Source: The Hindu)Southern Railway worker paints the beds at ICF factory workshop in Chennai. The beds are being made ready for an isolation ward for coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Railway Hospital. (Source: The Hindu)Volunteers distribute food packets to the needy at Exhibition Grounds during the nationwide lockdown in Hyderabad. (Source: The Hindu)Migrants keep waiting as Indian authorities block the India-Nepal border with barbed wires during the complete national lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, at Raxaul in East Champaran, Bihar. (Source: PTI)Volunteers from NGOs spray disinfectant on the vehicles at Palavakkam, Chennai, in the wake of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. (Source: The Hindu)A camp set up by volunteers to provide food and medical assistance for the migrants during the nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus outbreak, on Mumbai Ahmedabad Highway at Thakkar Bappa Ashram School in Palghar district, Maharashtra. (Source: PTI)Dairy farmers dump milk in a field at Phulia in Nadia, West Bengal. The farmers claim that they could not store for long or sell the milk during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. (Source: PTI)A man gives final touch to the beds at a quarantine centre in Guwahati, Assam. (Source: The Hindu)Volunteers from an NGO refill sanitisers and distribute free food to homeless and daily labourers at Bhuleshwar in South Mumbai. In the wake of complete lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak, these labourers strive for their livelihood and rely on volunteers and government for help. (Source: The Hindu)Anchored boats at a fishing harbour in view of the complete lockdown in Visakhapatnam. (Source: The Hindu)
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