NEW DELHI : Ram Babu moved from his village to the Indian capital New Delhi in 1980, to clean cars. Soon, he learned to drive and got a job as a tour bus driver.
Decades later, he set up his own company, Madhubani Tours and Travels.In March 2020, a stringent nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic froze economic activity overnight.
Babu's business collapsed, and he drove his family back to their village.“Since March last year, we haven’t earned a single rupee," he said. “All of my three buses are standing still for more than a year.
We are completely broken."India’s economy was on the cusp of recovery from the first pandemic shock when a new wave of infections swept the country, infecting millions, killing hundreds of.