Coronavirus: as India’s lockdown leaves thousands jobless, migrant workers are dying to go home

At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed in road accidents on Saturday as they tried to return to their home villages during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said.The accidents, in central and northern India, were the latest involving some of the millions of labourers left stranded and jobless in cities, where some had toiled for years building homes and roads, due to the seven-week shutdown.Tens of thousands of people are walking on motorways and railway tracks or riding…

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