India Tries to Stem Migrant Worker Exodus Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
NEW DELHI—India scrambled to squelch an exodus of desperate migrant staff from its cities, warning they could be sent to quarantine camps and assuring that food items and other staples would be furnished for these who have dropped work opportunities.
Even as Key Minister Narendra Modi underscored the will need to comply with the nationwide lockdown to slow the distribute of the coronavirus, he acknowledged the load the shutdown of non-important organizations and obligatory social distancing is acquiring on livelihoods, notably for the poor.
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