Coronavirus in India: Migrants fled cities on foot to their home villages – BBC News

India’s Prime Minister has announced a 266 billion dollar (216 billion pound) financial package to help India’s economy recover from the coronavirus crisis. He’s said the money will help many sectors of the country, including some of India’s poorest.
But that means little for the millions of daily wage earners stranded in cities around the country, who are struggling to get by in the seventh week of lockdown, and some have given up on government help to get home.
From Mumbai, Yogita Limaye reports.

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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world. New Delhi is the capital.

It has an exceptionally diverse population, with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and other religions speaking over 21 recognised languages.

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