Migrant workers in India are hungry, helpless and ignored
As Covid-19 has shut the country down, its millions of migrant workers aren’t even eligible for a handout to buy much-needed food
21 April 2020 - 12:33
Jugyai — Most days, you can find Dayaram Kushwaha and his wife, Gyanvati, hauling bricks for stonemasons in a booming northern suburb of New Delhi. They bring their five-year-old son, who plays in the dirt while they work.
But now a hush has come over the clattering construction site, silenced by India’s nationwide order to shelter in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Site managers no longer come to the intersection where Dayaram and many others stand, hoping to pick up work...
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