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Year Ender 2020 | Visuals Reminding Plight Of Labourers During The Great Indian Migrant Crisis

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Villagers travel in a crowded three-wheeled vehicle after collecting essential items, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Birbhum district in April. (Image: PTI)
Villagers travel in a crowded three-wheeled vehicle after collecting essential items, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Birbhum district in April. (Image: PTI)
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Migrant workers from Akola district of Maharashtra walk along Mumbai-Nashik highway to reach their native places, during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, in Thane in April. (Image: PTI)
Migrant workers from Akola district of Maharashtra walk along Mumbai-Nashik highway to reach their native places, during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, in Thane in April. (Image: PTI)
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A migrant runs to catch a bus to his native village, during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Ghaziabad in March. (Image: PTI)
A migrant runs to catch a bus to his native village, during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Ghaziabad in March. (Image: PTI)
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Migrants board a truck to reach their native places as others wait for a means of transport, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, at Agra-Delhi National Highway in Mathura in May. (Image: PTI)
Migrants board a truck to reach their native places as others wait for a means of transport, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, at Agra-Delhi National Highway in Mathura in May. (Image: PTI)
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Migrant workers walk on railway tracks after they couldn't find any transport to return to their native places, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of coronavirus, in Ghaziabad in March. (Image: PTI)
Migrant workers walk on railway tracks after they couldn't find any transport to return to their native places, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of coronavirus, in Ghaziabad in March. (Image: PTI)
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A family wearing face masks walk along a road during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, at Worli in Mumbai in April. (Image: PTI)
A family wearing face masks walk along a road during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, at Worli in Mumbai in April. (Image: PTI)
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Migrant workers, lodged at a camp by the Uttar Pradesh government, rush to board a bus during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Dadri in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in May. (Image: PTI)
Migrant workers, lodged at a camp by the Uttar Pradesh government, rush to board a bus during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Dadri in Gautam Buddha Nagar district in May. (Image: PTI)
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A physically challenged girl sits on a makeshift seat of a bicycle as she travels with her family to UP, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi in May. (Image: PTI)
A physically challenged girl sits on a makeshift seat of a bicycle as she travels with her family to UP, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi in May. (Image: PTI)
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Passengers board a bus after arriving at Howrah station via long route train, during the complete lockdown in the state to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Kolkata in July. (Image: PTI)
Passengers board a bus after arriving at Howrah station via long route train, during the complete lockdown in the state to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Kolkata in July. (Image: PTI)
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Migrants board a trailer of a truck at Gazipur on the Delhi-UP border during their journey to reach their native places, in New Delhi in May. (Image: PTI)
Migrants board a trailer of a truck at Gazipur on the Delhi-UP border during their journey to reach their native places, in New Delhi in May. (Image: PTI)
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A group of migrant workers walk to their native places amid the nationwide complete lockdown, on the NH24 near Delhi-UP border in New Delhi in March. (Image: PTI)
A group of migrant workers walk to their native places amid the nationwide complete lockdown, on the NH24 near Delhi-UP border in New Delhi in March. (Image: PTI)
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Two men engage in a scuffle as other daily wagers and homeless wait in a queue to receive food distributed by Delhi government during a 21-day nationwide lockdown, to contain the spread of coronavirus, near Nigam Bodh ghat in New Delhi on March 27. (Image: PTI)
Two men engage in a scuffle as other daily wagers and homeless wait in a queue to receive food distributed by Delhi government during a 21-day nationwide lockdown, to contain the spread of coronavirus, near Nigam Bodh ghat in New Delhi on March 27. (Image: PTI)
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Labourers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) sit under tagaris (a pan to carry loads like soil) to protect themselves against the scorching sun, as they work at a site during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, on the outskirts of Beawar, Friday, May 29, 2020. Rajasthan recorded engagement of over 41.67 lakh labourers in MGNREGA works. (Image: PTI)
Labourers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) sit under tagaris (a pan to carry loads like soil) to protect themselves against the scorching sun, as they work at a site during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, on the outskirts of Beawar, Friday, May 29, 2020. Rajasthan recorded engagement of over 41.67 lakh labourers in MGNREGA works. (Image: PTI)

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