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Over 2,000 daily-wage workers in Ahmedabad took to their feet and other means of transport for their homes back in Rajasthan Too many Indians appear to be in a flap over the 21-day nationwide lockdown announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to check the spread of Covid-19.

Migrant labourers seem particularly panicky. According to reports, over 2,000 daily-wage workers in Ahmedabad took to their feet and other means of transport for their homes back in Rajasthan.

The virus has dealt them a double whammy: exposing them to infection in the shabby huts they typically inhabit, and robbing them of their livelihoods as the shutdown took effect.

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