Survey shows 42% have no ration left for the day, let alone duration of lockdown

'A survey of 3,196 migrant construction workers whose livelihood has been disrupted after the announcement of the 21-day lockdown over COVID-19 paints a dismal picture of migrant lives, especially seasonal migrants, now caught unawares as the Indian economy virtually shut down. The survey confirms the effect of the lockdown wherein 92.5 per cent of labourers have already lost work ranging from one week to three weeks. The non-governmental organisation Jan Sahas has some important conclusions from its telephonic survey of workers from North and Central India: first, that “42 per cent of the workers mentioned that they had no ration left even for the day, let alone for the duration of the lockdown”...'