A lockdown in India that aimed to mitigate the spread of the virus has left huge numbers of people with no other choice but to walk hundreds of miles home in large groups.
Shocking pictures show huge crowds of people unable to practice social distancing because there is no other way of returning to their home villages, and when they finally do arrive, they are in some cases being sprayed with chemicals.with no warning and very little time to prepare last Tuesday.
While some states have set up soup kitchens to feed workers, and instructed police to hand out food and relief packages — others have chosen the worst possible route to deal with crowds of hungry, frightened and despairing people. In Gujarat — Modi’s home state in west India — clashes broke out after police arrested 90 migrant laborers who wanted to leave for their homes.
A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on migrant workers before they board a bus in Lucknow on March 30.Migrant workers crowd up outside a bus station on the outskirts of New Delhi on March 28.Hindustan Times / Getty ImagesA migrant woman with a baby in New Delhi.Hindustan Times / Getty Images
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