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Covid-19 hinterland digest: Hard lockdowns in Gujarat, workers suffer

Over 100,000 have registered for travel back to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh from Haryana and Punjab

Police baton charge migrant workers during a clash following their agitation seeking arrangements for them to return home, amid ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, in Surat. Photo: PTI
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Police baton charge migrant workers during a clash following their agitation seeking arrangements for them to return home, amid ongoing Covid-19 lockdown. Photo: PTI

Shivansh Jauhri New Delhi
Gujarat's Ahmedabad placed under a hard lockdown from midnight as an emergency step to control coronavirus cases. Only milk and medicine shops will open for a week to rigorously enforce social distancing rules. A similar lockdown will be enforced in Surat on Friday. Chhattisagarh announced it will enforce similar lockdowns on weekends. 

Business Standard takes a look at regional editions of Hindi newspapers to provide you with a picture of the Covid-19 situation in the hinterland.

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