Lucknow: With the nation under the grip of a 21-day coronavirus lockdown, daily life has come to a standstill across the country.
ThePrint team travelled across the city of Lucknow to see how daily wage labourers are surviving on the ground.
With no work, some rickshaw pullers could be seen cooking food for themselves, while others played ludo to pass the time. There were also instances of migrants from other countries like Nepal, bonding with Indian labourers after being stranded together.
The Police personnel too, took a hard-earned break from their hectic schedule of enforcing the lockdown and stopped to feed the stray dogs.
ThePrint’s Photo Editor Praveen Jain brings you snapshots from Lucknow.
Hiralal (in front) a rag picker from Lucknow and Mohammad Rahman a rickshaw puller in red shirt from Hardoi at Kesar Bagh | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintJagdish from Bahraich, a rickshaw puller who took children to school, rests amid the lockdown.| Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintHari Mangal, a rickshaw puller rests on his ride.| Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintNightlife in Kesar Bagh: A rickshaw puller sleeps in front of a closed liquor store. | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintBhim Singh from Nepal playing ludo at night with Sunil Kumar who hails from Lakhimpur Kheri Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintChildren at night at Tisri Basti near Pratap Bagh | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintA lone child plays on the street during the night | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintWith no humans around, dogs on the streets of Lucknow | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintSecurity guard Manoj Kumar from Fatehpur Lal Bagh sits in an ATM booth| Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintRajesh Sonkar, a vegetable vendor, takes stock of his goods, Ram Prasad (behind him), working with a band company, sits on a stationary rickshaw. | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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