An outreach by the city’s civic body is helping thousands of migrants stuck in the city cope with stress, anxiety and mental illness.
Shiv Kumar wasn’t the type to keep up with the news. When Narendra Modi announced the 22 March Janata curfew, Kumar first thought the Prime Minister had declared a national holiday.
Two days later, however, Modi made another announcement and construction work at the office complex in Bengaluru stopped. The streets were deserted, his family in Begusarai, Bihar, told him all economic activity had ground to a halt in their village as well, and he realized something sinister was out there.