Narendra Modi's grand announcement of a $265-billion rescue package for India is little comfort to Manish Verma, one of millions left destitute ...
Manish Verma was left jobless after Modi shut down virtually all activity in Asia's third-largest economy AFP/Abhaya SRIVASTAVAGHAZIABAD, India: Narendra Modi's grand announcement of a US$265-billion rescue package for India is little comfort to Manish Verma, one of millions left destitute and desperate 50 days into a crippling coronavirus lockdown.
Left with little food or money, Verma decided to take the arduous trek back home - a village 700km away in Uttar Pradesh state - where he would be assured of at least two meals a day.AdvertisementThe family, which had that day only eaten some biscuits handed over by a passerby, were chased by stick-wielding police twice but managed to take side roads and waded through a ditch before making it to the main highway.
But millions more still want to go, even as India gradually eases the lockdown, allowing government offices and factories to reopen. The government has been also handing out free food grains under a welfare scheme and cash transfer of US$6.50 each to about 40 million women. The group of 16 that died on the railway track had set out on foot from Maharashtra after being unable to book tickets on a special train.
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