Life vs livelihood debate rages in virus-hit India - Asia Times
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Squeezed in the back of a truck with 30 others and facing a 1,500-kilometer journey to his village in Gorakhpur, Ajay Srivastava was a worried man. The 40-year-old pipe factory worker had shelled out his last remaining rupees for the ride home after India suddenly locked down the nation to guard against the coronavirus.“We were living off our savings and now even that’s getting depleted,” said Srivastava while still about 1,000 kilometer from his home in eastern India. “The last we got paid was on March 22. For the local government we don’t matter since we can’t vote here. The factory owner ensured we got food because he wanted to see us around whenever he restarted his business.”
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