New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of a 21-day lockdown in India has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers from the national capital.
A large number of migrant workers have been seen over the last few days at bus stations in Delhi, trying to return to their homes amid the lockdown. Several workers have also been forced to embark long journeys to their respective destinations across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, among other states, on foot owing to an absence of transport facilities.
On Saturday, the Delhi-Ghaziabad border a stampede-like situation when thousands of workers fought among themselves to find seats on buses deployed by the Uttar Pradesh administration.
ThePrint’s Praveen Jain and Suraj Singh Bisht bring pictures from the Agra-Gwalior highway and the Delhi-Ghaziabad border.
Why are migrants leaving their place of work?
Just one more side effect of the Superman syndrome – where the prime leader exhibits a tendency to assume he needs to showcase superhero skills while running or saving the world/ country all by himself as opposed to being a credible leader of a strong team of competent senior ministers and experienced professionals. And makes a habit of using prime time slot of 8pm to launch yet another audacious operation, all by himself, a veritable Superman!