Delivery Agent Who Walked 200 km From Delhi Amid Lockdown Dies On Highway

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Delivery Agent Who Walked 200 km From Delhi Amid Lockdown Dies On Highway

Ranveer Singh, who worked as a delivery agent in Delhi, was among the thousands of migrants desperately trying to return to their hometowns and villages after they were left without jobs, shelter or money.

All IndiaReported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja VarmaUpdated: March 29, 2020 09:52 am IST

Thousands of migrants have been covering a journey of hundreds of kilometres on foot.

 

 

 

Agra: 

A 38-year-old man, who had walked over 200 km from Delhi to reach his home in Madhya Pradesh after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, died on the way.

Ranveer Singh, who worked as a delivery agent in Delhi, was among the thousands of migrants desperately trying to return to their hometowns and villages after they were left without jobs, shelter or money. Most of them have been covering a journey of hundreds of kilometres on foot, as all transport services are shut, including passenger trains and interstate buses, in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Ranveer Singh had started walking to his village in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, around 326 km from the national capital. 

When he collapsed on the highway in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, a local shopkeeper offered him tea and biscuits. But soon, Ranveer Singh had a heart attack and died. The man was about 80 km away from his village.

On Saturday evening, thousands of migrant workers crowded into bus terminals around the national capital trying desperately to return home across the border in Uttar Pradesh.

The centre's "total lockdown", meant to halt the spread of a highly infectious novel coronavirus that transmits rapidly in crowded spaces, had suspended all interstate bus and railway services, leaving migrants and their young families no option but to walk hundreds of kilometres foot in searing heat.

The Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments responded Saturday by arranging buses to ferry the people home; the UP government said it had organized 1,000 buses and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said 200 buses would also be pressed into service.

The government has faced criticism that the lockdown, that came two months after the global outbreak, was announced abruptly and without planning, leaving millions stranded and triggering panic about access to food and basic necessities.

The government brushed aside the allegation that the nationwide lockdown was announced without any planning, triggering a major crisis for migrant workers and people who live on daily incomes. The country's response to COVID-19 has been "pre-emptive, pro-active and graded", the government said on Saturday

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[Kool_SRG]

[JambaKrantu]

If the lockdown is extended till June expect lakhs of starvation deaths

[aakathaai789]

200 km walking aaa okkadu kooda effect avvakunda decision theekodam chaala kashtam 

[aakathaai789]

ippudu schools ki colleges ki selavale kada andhulo veellaki shelter ichi quarantine yerpaatu chesi food supply cheyyachu kada vaa enduku cheyyatlaa govt deenni

[k2s]

Endukata? 

[dasari4kntr]

1 minute ago, k2s said:

Endukata? 

comedy gaa..ee roju night announce chesi..next day lockdown chesranta...

[cosmopolitan]

12 minutes ago, dasari4kntr said:

comedy gaa..ee roju night announce chesi..next day lockdown chesranta...

+1

[Migilindi22]

18 minutes ago, dasari4kntr said:

comedy gaa..ee roju night announce chesi..next day lockdown chesranta...

Illiterate fellas

[Amrita]

20 minutes ago, dasari4kntr said:

comedy gaa..ee roju night announce chesi..next day lockdown chesranta...

Midnight aey . Few hours before they announced .  

[corono_jaffa]

28 minutes ago, aakathaai789 said:

ippudu schools ki colleges ki selavale kada andhulo veellaki shelter ichi quarantine yerpaatu chesi food supply cheyyachu kada vaa enduku cheyyatlaa govt deenni

Andaru mana jagan anna antha efficient  leaders undar kada bro

[cosmopolitan]

1 minute ago, Amrita said:

Midnight aey . Few hours before they announced .  

Atleast 2 days time ichedhi unde.. noteban lo chesindhi correct 

[johnydanylee]

30 minutes ago, aakathaai789 said:

ippudu schools ki colleges ki selavale kada andhulo veellaki shelter ichi quarantine yerpaatu chesi food supply cheyyachu kada vaa enduku cheyyatlaa govt deenni

[Amrita]

1 minute ago, cosmopolitan said:

Atleast 2 days time ichedhi unde.. noteban lo chesindhi correct 

Yeah .  They might have been atleast  little lineant for 1st few days and let people reach their own homes . 

[Kool_SRG]

30 minutes ago, aakathaai789 said:

ippudu schools ki colleges ki selavale kada andhulo veellaki shelter ichi quarantine yerpaatu chesi food supply cheyyachu kada vaa enduku cheyyatlaa govt deenni

Chestunnaru schools ni using...