In Pictures And Videos: The Pain Of Being A Migrant Worker Amidst 'Lockdown'

Migrant workers are the hardest hit in this lockdown. These unrecognized nation builders are facing the toughest of times. Not only they are vulnerable to the COVID-19 but are exposed to poverty and hunger. Walking on foot for hundreds of kilometers and sleeping without food for days.

This has been the story of their sufferings. While there has been an issue of charging train tickets from them they were being run over by the train while sleeping on tracks en route moving home on foot.

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Here is a glimpse of what kind of sufferings our citizens with poor economic conditions are facing:

"Factory owners treated us so badly, they betrayed us, we will never go back"- I walk with Cement Workers from Bihar on the highway to Udaipur, as they walk 1300 kms. If your heart doesnt break, maybe think of the economy. Factories cant reopen without them. Up on @themojo_in now pic.twitter.com/ksEPvxN4b0
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) May 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/tahirqamar222/status/1258379780182941697

The #Aurangabad accident was a tragedy waiting to happen. Think of these blanket weavers we met who were on their cycles from Haryana to Bihar. Their biscuits and water had run out. https://t.co/fsfjDMyNSl
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) May 8, 2020

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Karnatka govt.has cancelled special trains for migrants workers.
These poor people are suffering so much.Very sad.😢
This is exactly the way politics is shown in films.@ajitanjum @abhisar_sharma #karnataka_migrants_workers_train_tragedy pic.twitter.com/K5TIaGNvWH
— Mohammad Amjad (@Mohamma77326268) May 7, 2020

माँ… pic.twitter.com/aOfEnGDajl
— sohit mishra (@sohitmishra99) May 6, 2020

Father ! pic.twitter.com/zCSxybC8ij
— Suresh AV (Adv.) (@Gameof498A) May 6, 2020

Terrible pain of migrant workers.
How & when they reach home?
I don't think I can sleep tonight 😭😭
pic.twitter.com/7idkyNGuaa
— Jayasree Vijayan (@JayasreeVijayan) May 7, 2020

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"We are are the real migrants. We have migrated from the pain and the stories of their own people. The workers haven't left us, our megacities have left them"
We, Left Behind in Cities, Are Migrants, Not Them – By Ravish Kumarhttps://t.co/IFEeFoqs2D
— Anant Bhan (@AnantBhan) May 5, 2020

Migrant workers along with their children are walking 100s of miles to reach their Homes
I kindly request @CMOMaharashtra @PMOIndia
to help them to reach their Homes & also request people wherever you see them plz provide food water medicines

Pain being a poor is unbearable🙏 pic.twitter.com/2hW6HolJox
— Affan Dhole (@AffanDhole) May 5, 2020

Hey, Tejasvi. Have you spoken to Ramesh from Uttar Pradesh via Jaipur? DH's @pushkarv did. @bsybjp #migrantworkers https://t.co/wQ1PcsiLNz pic.twitter.com/6JfopKA1KQ
— Deccan Herald (@DeccanHerald) May 6, 2020