Coronavirus: Daily wage workers in India brave long walk home amid lockdown

NEW DELHI - Delivery rider Mohammed Riyaz, 19 years old and the eldest of four siblings, was sent away by his family in Bihar even before he turned a teenager; they wanted him to earn and help feed them.

Stranded without work for eight days and evicted from his dwelling, Mr Riyaz said he had no alternative but to pedal the 1,000-odd kilometres between Delhi and his home in Bihar's Supaul district. The sudden decision has shattered their fragile daily existence; what they ate at night often depended on their earnings during the day.

He has been unable to find work for more than three weeks and with only 250 or so rupees left, Mr Singh decided he had to lock up his shanty and walk back home with his wife, four-year-old son and brother-in-law in tow. It has also asked state governments to ensure adequate food and shelter are made available where the migrant labourers work and ensure wages are continued to be paid.

Migrant workers in India, make the long walk home PM Narendra Modi was contrite in his monthly radio address on Sunday, where he apologised, especially to the poor, for the tough decision to impose a lockdown:"I understand your troubles but there was no other way to wage a war against corona for a country like India with a population of 1.3 billion."

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