"Coronavirus lockdown 2.0 and the migrant mess: Here's all that happened "
More
than 1,000 migrant workers in Mumbai gathered outside the station in Bandra on
Tuesday and demanded transportation arrangements to go back to their hometowns,
hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi
announced the extension of the ongoing nationwide
lockdown till May 3.
Surviving
on food from charitable institutions and living in cramped houses, the
distressed people swarmed the station at around 3 pm on Tuesday, without any
plan in mind. A case has been registered at Bandra Police station under section
143, 147, 149, 186, 188 of IPC read with Section 3 of Epidemic Act against
800-1000 unidentified people in connection with the incident of gathering in
Bandra.
Union
Home Minister Amit Shah called up Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray
and expressed concern over the gathering of migrant workers in Bandra. The
Union Home Minister stressed that such gatherings weaken India's fight against
the coronavirus and the administration needs to stay vigilant to avoid such
incidents. He also offered his full support to Maharashtra government. Read More
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