: Six reasons why the Modi government is squarely responsible for Indiaâ€™s worst migrant crisis #IndiaNEWS The Indian state has decades of experience managing relief work during natural disasters. The

Six reasons why the Modi government is squarely responsible for Indiaâ€™s worst migrant crisis #IndiaNEWS
The Indian state has decades of experience managing relief work during natural disasters. The Modi government considers the coronavirus epidemic a disaster.That is why it has invoked the Disaster Management Act to give itself extraordinary powers to issue sweeping orders even in areas that normally fall under state governments.However, in a domain that comes under the Centre even during normal times, the Modi government has abdicated responsibility.It has left the transport of stranded migrant workers entirely to state governments.The result is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis: millions of impoverished working-class Indians are walking, cycling, dangerously hitchhiking home, sometimes over distances of more than 1,000 km, often on empty stomachs. More than 170 people have died in accidents on the way.â€œTragedy and shame,â€? said the front page of the Indian Express, while reporting on the latest accident that left 26 workers dead.Here are six reasons why responsibility for the worst ever migrant crisis seen in India after the 1947 partition lies squarely with the Modi government.1. It announced a nationwide lockdown with just four hours of noticeThe first coronavirus case was detected in India on January 30. The number of cases kept rising through March. The government had enough time to prepare the country for an impending lockdown. But on March 13, officials maintained the coronavirus epidemic...Read more

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