Migrants Crisis: An Economic And Emotional Disaster

by Pankaj Pachauri May 18, 2020 • 08:07 PM Views 1291

Millions of exhausted and hungry migrant workers desperate to return home have lost faith in the government and its social distancing norms. Even with the lockdown relaxations, they just want go home, rather than die in what has become an 'alien nation' for them. Beyond the emotions lie the economics.With India's GDP shrinking fast, these daily wagers are already in fear of long-term financial ruin. GoNews Editor-in-Chief Pankaj Pachauri sums up the ground reality