-The Indian Express Left stranded by a nationwide lockdown, which has halted all public transport, hundreds of labourers devoid of work have started leaving big cities on foot. Ahmedabad, Jaipur, New Delhi, Vadodra: Antresh Kumar, 21, started walking at 3 am on Wednesday from Dharampuri in Najafgarh, South West Delhi. Facing the prospect of no work due to the 21-day lockdown, the daily wager decided that heading home to Moradabad in Uttar...
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Unbearable Half MEAsures of Modi Government -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in An insufficient economic package for welfare of the poor has been announced almost two months after WHO declared it a public emergency. Prime Minister Modi suddenly announced a 21-day lockdown on March 24 across India as a rather belated and overwrought response to the looming coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has now spread around the world in 175 countries, striking at over 4.75 lakh persons (confirmed) and killing over 21,000. Two days later,...
More »Covid-19: What can be done immediately to help vulnerable population -Reetika Khera
-IdeasforIndia.in With over 80% of India’s workforce employed in the informal sector and one-third working as casual labour, Covid-19's spread and subsequent unplanned lockdowns, have created economic havoc in the lives of millions. In this post, Reetika Khera puts forward suggestions on what can be done to help people immediately, ranging from cash and in-kind assistance to special MEAsures for migrants in urban areas and urgent health-related MEAsures. The spread of the...
More »Just 35% Indian homes wash hands with soap, water before MEAls -Harikishan Sharma
-The Indian Express According to an National Statistics Office survey, while members of most households (99 per cent) wash their hands before a MEAl, only those in 35.8 per cent households do so with “water and soap/detergent”. New Delhi: WHILE THE government and experts recommend washing of hands with soap and water as one of the basic protective MEAsures against coronavirus, a survey done by the National Statistics Office (NSO) shows it’s...
More »Howrah station turns into “hellhole” for hundreds of stranded passengers -Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu With no protective gear or timely MEAls, they want to be evacuated as soon as possible Kolkata: Moumita Vishwanath Majumdar, a woman in her late twenties, is sitting with her face covered at the base of an iron pillar outside the main gate of Howrah station, the key railway station that connects West Bengal to the rest of the country. When asked what her name is, she breaks down. Please click...
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