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In pics: An exodus of migrant workers desperately try to reach their home villages during the world's largest coronavirus lockdown

PTI, AP Published 29.03.20, 06:14 AM
A group of migrant workers walk to their native places amid the nationwide complete lockdown, on the NH24 near Delhi-UP border in New Delhi, Friday, March 27, 2020
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A group of migrant workers walk to their native places amid the nationwide complete lockdown, on the NH24 near Delhi-UP border in New Delhi, Friday, March 27, 2020

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The son of a migrant daily wage laborer looks out a bus window bus as he travels to his hometown following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.
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The son of a migrant daily wage laborer looks out a bus window bus as he travels to his hometown following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.

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A migrant daily-wage laborer family wait for transportation to travel to their respective villages following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.
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A migrant daily-wage laborer family wait for transportation to travel to their respective villages following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.

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Policemen speak to the agitating migrants from Bengal in Kottayam, Kerala, on Sunday
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Policemen speak to the agitating migrants from Bengal in Kottayam, Kerala, on Sunday

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A migrant labourer in Purulia on a tree house
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A migrant labourer in Purulia on a tree house

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A group of migrant workers rest as they wait for transportation to their village following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
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A group of migrant workers rest as they wait for transportation to their village following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Saturday, March 28, 2020.

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An Indian migrant worker holds a baby as she waits for transportation to her village following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
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An Indian migrant worker holds a baby as she waits for transportation to her village following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Saturday, March 28, 2020.

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A group of migrant workers walk to their native places amid the nationwide complete lockdown, on the NH24 near Delhi-UP border in New Delhi, Friday, March 27, 2020.
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A group of migrant workers walk to their native places amid the nationwide complete lockdown, on the NH24 near Delhi-UP border in New Delhi, Friday, March 27, 2020.

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A migrant labourer's family members make journey to their village by foot, following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Saturday
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A migrant labourer's family members make journey to their village by foot, following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Saturday

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Migrant workers board a truck to return to their villages after the 21-day nationwide lockdown was imposed by the government in Surat on Thursday.
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Migrant workers board a truck to return to their villages after the 21-day nationwide lockdown was imposed by the government in Surat on Thursday.

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Migrant workers given shelter inside a Delhi government school at Ghazipur in east Delhi during the lockdown on Monday
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Migrant workers given shelter inside a Delhi government school at Ghazipur in east Delhi during the lockdown on Monday

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Migrant daily wage laborer Ram Bhajan Nisar and his family wait for transportation to travel to their hometown following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.
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Migrant daily wage laborer Ram Bhajan Nisar and his family wait for transportation to travel to their hometown following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.

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A migrant family wait for transportation to travel to their respective villages following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.
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A migrant family wait for transportation to travel to their respective villages following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, on Friday, March 27, 2020.

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