Photos: A lockdown, and a long journey home

Thousands of migrant workers are leaving cities to walk thousands of kilometres to their home towns, after the government declared a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. This ...

Mar 31, 2020, 15:23 IST2 min

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Migrant workers walk with their children as they look out for transport to return to their villages, after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coro...

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Thousands of migrant labour workers stranded in Delhi start walking to reach their home in different parts of the country during the complete lockdown amid the outbreak of Corona v...

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Migrant workers head home on an animal cart during Day 5 of the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to curb the spread of coronavirus, at NH9 road, on March 29, ...

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A migrant worker rides a cart with his family on a highway as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVI...

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A Delhi police personnel disperse homeless people waiting to collect food at a government-run Night Shelter at Yamuna Pushta near Nigambodh Ghat, during the second day of national ...

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Migrant workers and their families board a truck in Ahmedabad to return to their villages after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of Covid-19, March 25...

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A huge rush of migrant workers who had been marching to their homes, seen at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal on day 4 of the nationwide lockdown.

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An aerial view of Lal Kuan bus stand where a wave of migrant workers was seen following Uttar Pradesh governments call to arrange buses for the workers returning to their native st...

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People travel in a crowded bus to return to their cities and villages before the start of the lockdown by West Bengal state government to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease...

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Migrant workers ask for eatables inside a bus to leave for their villages outside Allahabad bus station, during a Government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure aga...

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Migrant workers seen crowded inside a bus bound to their native state at Kaushambi Roadways Bus Stand on Day 4 of the 21-day nationwide lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus,...

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Crowds of Indian migrant workers wait to board buses to return to their native villages as a nationwide lockdown continues to stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) on March 28,...

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Migrant workers try to board a goods truck bound to their native state during Day 4 of the 21 day nationwide lockdown, defeating the lockdown to enable social distancingat Lal Kuan...

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