“Social distancing”, as advised by authorities, was a concept “beyond imagination” for them, the workers said. ‘No soap’Mohammad Shadab, a native of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh said, “We have been here since the lockdown was announced. Mangal, 45, a native of Jharkhand said, “The cops keep thrashing us and ask us to move from one place to another. Sometimes, they take us in buses and then drop us back here hungry as the shelters have also run out of space. We have no drinking water here, no proper place to sleep, there are mosquitoes biting us the entire night and authorities do not seem to care.

Source: The Hindu April 15, 2020 15:00 UTC