The former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday tweeted an interest to help the migrants trying to reach their homes as India gets into the fourth day of a “total lockdown” till 14th April, directed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to curb the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic.
Rahul Gandhi’s support to migrants
The Wayanad MP urged people across the country to help the migrants by offering food or shelter as they tackle difficult journeys.
“Today, hundreds of our helpless brothers and sisters, along with their families, are forced to head to homes in their villages on foot. Help them if you can by offering them food, shelter as they undertake an arduous journey… special appeal to Congress workers, supporters. Jai Hind!” he wrote in Hindi.
आज हमारे सैकड़ों भाई-बहनों को भूखे-प्यासे परिवार सहित अपने गाँवों की ओर पैदल जाना पड़ रहा है।इस कठिन रास्ते पर आप में से जो भी उन्हें खाना-पानी-आसरा-सहारा दे सके,कृपा करके दे! कॉंग्रेस कार्यकर्ताओं-नेताओं से मदद की ख़ास अपील करता हूँ।
जय हिंद! pic.twitter.com/ni7vkhRQAZ
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 28, 2020
The state of migrants after the lockdown
As reported on NDTV, thousands of migrants, who are jobless by the COVID-19 shutdown, have been traveling to their homes, covering a journey of hundreds of kilometers on foot, since a nationwide 21-day lockdown over COVID-19 began on Wednesday.
With this lockdown, all transport services are halted, including passenger trains and regional buses in a bid to control COVID-19 spread. Before announcing the lockdown, a huge number of people had crowded onto trains and buses moving towards their home, but unfortunately, many others were left helpless.
मोदी जी आज तक जो भी घोषणा की है सभी , बिना किसी भी तैयारी के और आज एक बार फिर जनता कर्फ्यू में वो पूरी तरह विफल होते नज़र आ रहे है ।
लोगो को घरों में रहना था जबकि शहर के शहर अपने घरों तक पंहुचने के लिए सड़कों पर है । pic.twitter.com/z8BiN8tlTI— RISHIRAJ MANDAWAT (@im_rishi18) March 28, 2020
A few days ago Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. “Some laborers have started walking home on foot. Some very painful pictures emerged until last night. It’s a request that the steps taken to send stranded laborers home should be done properly. If a large number of people are stranded, then government schools and colleges should be used as temporary shelter-homes, and later, the laborers can be sent home,” Mrs. Vadra said in the letter.
After a while, the Uttar Pradesh government directed authorities to ensure transport facilities were made available for such people.
Chief Ministers of three states – Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha – which has sent the maximum number of laborers across the country, has been taking actions to ensure the safety of these people.
