The entire country has been locked down to prevent the growing infection of the coronavirus. In many parts, people are also suffering from it.
The central and state governments are engaged in providing all possible relief to the people. Due to lockdown, the most troublesome daily labourers are getting. Many people are suffering from hunger.
Rajawati, a resident of Fatehpur Beri in Delhi, is also one of them. She earns a daily wage through labour. Rajawati says we are compelled to live without food and water. She has sought help from the government.
Talking news agency, Rajwati said, “We are surviving without food & water here. We request the government to help us. It is better to die of this disease (COVID19) rather than dying of hunger.”
#WATCH Rajwati, a daily wage labourer, at Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri: We are surviving without food & water here. We request the government to help us. It is better to die of this disease (#COVID19) rather than dying of hunger. #CoronavirusLockdown pic.twitter.com/qa19hI7wVC
— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2020
The Bihar-residing committee says that our children have been drinking water for the last two days. The landlord has been a rent mother. I request the government to do so.
Delhi: Daily wagers at Fatehpur Beri facing trouble in wake of #CoronavirusLockdown. Samima, native of Bihar, says,”Our children have been surviving on water for the past 2 days. Landlords are demanding the monthly rent. I urge the govt to either help or send us to our villages”. pic.twitter.com/Era95ZlML8
— ANI (@ANI) March 26, 2020
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