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‘Scale of deprivation huge’: 96% stranded workers sans govt ration, says report -Amrita Dutta

-The Indian Express

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The report released by a volunteer group has pointed to the scale of the hunger crisis and economic distress among migrant workers stranded in cities.

WITH the nationwide lockdown extended till May 3, a report released by a volunteer group has pointed to the scale of the hunger crisis and economic distress among migrant workers stranded in cities.

Since March 27, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a lockdown to tackle the spread of COVID-19, a group of academics and right to food activists began receiving distress calls from migrant workers stranded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi and Haryana. “While we first tried to respond with basic cash transfers, we soon realised the scale of deprivation was huge,” said Rajendran Narayanan, assistant professor, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.

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