Migrant Workers Protest In Bandra, Mumbai, Demand They Be Allowed To Travel To Their Native States as COVID-19 Lockdown Gets Extended, Watch Video

Mumbai, April 14: Hundreds of migrant workers in Mumbai’s Bandra on Tuesday came out on roads asking officials to let them go back to their natives. The massive gathering took place near Bandra railway station and bus stand. According to reports, the crowd was dispersed later after police officials and local leaders intervened and asked them to vacate. 

This development comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended nationwide lockdown till May 3. Video footage from the locality shows hundreds of people jostling, defying government warnings about the novel coronavirus and social distancing.

The people gathered in Bandra are mostly daily wage workers who are unable to earn a penny since nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 24. The earlier shutdown was to supposed to end on April 14, but PM Modi on Tuesday announced another lockdown till May 3.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s son and Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray said that the crowd at Bandra station was a result of Centre’s improper planning. “The current situation at Bandra Station, now dispersed or even the rioting in Surat is a result of the Union Govt not being able to take a call on arranging a way back home for migrant labour. They don’t want food or shelter, they want to go back home,” he tweeted.

• Roche, Cipla Launch Antibody Cocktail Casirivimab and Imdevimab in India. Check Price, Details
• Woman ‘bought by husband’ for Rs 40,000 tries to sell 5-year-old daughter for Rs 500
• Delhi reported 25 dengue cases till May 22, highest in Jan-May period since 2013
• WILL INDIA BLOCK FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM IN 2 DAYS AS NEW IT RULES COME INTO EFFECT?
• DELHI POLICE VISITS TWITTER INDIA OFFICES IN DELHI, GURUGRAM AMID ‘CONGRESS TOOLKIT CONTROVERSY’

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story and may not have modified or edited by Quickclarity news)

stay connected with us! For more updates

LIKE SHARE and SUBSCRIBE

if you like the article information then press the like button, Comments you’re opinions about this article and share it with family and friends on social media platforms

SUSCRIBE Quickclarity news to get latest news updates

Thank you for reading