An alumnus of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) tells Lounge how former students of the institute helped airlift nearly 370 migrant workers back home In the weeks of the covid-19 lockdown, several individuals and organizations have stepped in where the government failed—to help lakhs of stranded migrant workers return to their hometown.

One such group is the alumni of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), who organized themselves into an informal collective, ‘Mission Aahan Waahan’.

Over the past week, it has helped nearly 370 people from Jharkhand, one of India’s poorest states, return home by chartering a private airline.

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