Migrant worker crisis in times of pandemic: The problem is far from over

Andhra Pradesh government has drawn out the blueprint for the homecoming of migrant workers and students stuck in other states due to the coronavirus lockdown

The Union Home Ministry on Sunday made it clear that the relaxations given for the inter-state movement of people during the lockdown was available only to distressed migrant workers, stranded tourists, pilgrims and students only. The government had last week allowed their movement through trains and buses with certain conditions that include consent of both sending and receiving states, maintenance of social distancing norms besides others. 

However, it seems the problem is far from over.
 

On Sunday, scores of migrant workers gathered on the streets of Hyderabad demanding the Telangana government to send them back to their native places.