Fighting Covid-19: After the long walk, jobless migrants head home by bus

After days of indecisiveness, the governments on Saturday decided to come together in resolving a growing crisis

The long walk of migrants, captured non-stop in striking visuals for the past few days, came to a halt on Saturday as the Centre and state governments stepped in to send them home. To begin with, some 1,000 buses were pressed into service to carry migrants from Delhi to many parts of Uttar Pradesh. If it’s any relief, the bus journey would be free for migrants, who lost their income after the 21-day coronavirus-linked lockdown forced companies to shut factories and plants. 

Ever since businesses took harsh steps due to Covid-19, migrants, constituting a large chunk of  the country’s unorganised