Migrant workers walk with their children as they look out for transport to return to their villages, after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of Covid-19, in Ahmedabad, India, on March 25, 2020. - Reuters
NEW DELHI (AFP): With India locked down over the coronavirus and no way to earn money, Dilipji Thakor faces a grim choice: either walk home or die hungry.
Thakor is among millions of migrant workers left jobless and penniless by the full shutdown of the country on Wednesday (March 25) that has sparked an exodus from major cities.
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