: Coronavirus: Police baton-charge migrant workers at Mumbai’s Bandra station for defying lockdown #IndiaNEWS Thousands of migrant workers gathered outside Mumbai’s Bandra station on Tuesday to protest

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Coronavirus: Police baton-charge migrant workers at Mumbai’s Bandra station for defying lockdown #IndiaNEWS
Thousands of migrant workers gathered outside Mumbai’s Bandra station on Tuesday to protest against the extended nationwide lockdown, PTI reported. They demanded transportation arrangements to go back to their hometowns.“Many of them had bought tickets to Bihar and other places, hoping the lockdown would be lifted,� said Asif Zakaria, one of the municipal corporators in the Bandra area. “They are daily wage earners and are desperate to get home since they don’t have work any more.� Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown till May 3, which started on March 25. However, he did not announce an economic revival plan or package for the migrant workers despite repeated requests from state chief ministers for urgent measures that could help them weather the crisis. The lockdown has left the workers stranded in several states, with no money, little food and even fewer options of leaving the places in which they are living.The Mumbai police said that around 1,000 workers assembled at the bus depot near the railway station around 3 pm. “They have run out of money and want the security of their home villages,� said Zeeshan Siddiqui, a Member of the Legislative Assembly who was at the...Read more

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