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 has resulted in deaths from starvation and exhaustion, and caused crowds at train stations and bus stands as labourers try to find transport
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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, on March 28, 2020 in New Delhi, India.