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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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 lockdown imposed by PM Narendra Modi to curb the spread of coronavirus on March 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India.