Disruption of industrial activities due to the coronavirus-induced
lockdown, protests by jobless migrants eager to return home and hospital fires-
all these kept Gujarat in the news during the year.
Disruption of
industrial activities due to the coronavirus-induced
lockdown, protests by jobless migrants eager to return home and hospital fires
- all these and more kept Gujarat in the news during the year.
Near-deserted
roads, closed factories, business establishments and educational institutions
defined life in the early months of the lockdown in the state.
Public mask
mandate, social distancing, hand hygiene, work from home and online education
became buzzwords as people digested the magnitude of the global health crisis.
The lockdown
turned into a human tragedy in Gujarat
as migrant labourers, rendered jobless and left with very little resources to
fall back on, decided to leave for their native places.
The restless
migrant workers hit the streets to demand transport arrangements to travel back
to their hometowns during the lockdown. These protests took violent turn in
some cities.
There were painful
scenes of migrant workers returning to their home states by whatever means of
transport they got. While some just walked towards their native places, others
used cycles or any other vehicle available to make the return journey.
The government
later started special trains to ferry migrant workers to their respective
states.
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