Lockdown Panic: Migrant Workers Leaving Cities

The country has been witnessing huge number of Coivd-19 cases over the last few weeks. Both the Telugu states, Maharashtra, Gujarat and a few others states are hit severely hit by the second wave and the respective state governments were left with no other option rather than to impose restrictions.

Maharashtra was the first state to announce lockdown during the weekend and later Uttar Pradesh state brought in night curfew. Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh followed them.

These curbs are showing impact on migrant workers. In cities like Mumbai and Pune, migrant workers presence is in lakhs. Fearing another lockdown, these labourers have once again hit back to their native places.

Nearly 4.5 lakh migrant workers have reportedly left Mumbai city in the last three days. The train terminals in city is seeing large crowds and all the trains leading to Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand states are reporting packed compartments. Same the case with Pune city.

Meanwhile shortage of vaccine supply is causing a worry in Maharashtra state. The health minister of the state questioned the Centre on low supply of vaccine whereas states like Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh have good supply.

Due to shortage vaccine, 26 centres in Mumbai city are closed and currently it has vaccines available for another 1.5 days.

Union health ministry claims that vaccine is administered to 34.30 lakh in a single day and its an achievement for India. So far 9,43,34,262 people have received vaccine in the country.