Skip to content
Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Primary Menu Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

Hindi News, हिंदी समाचार, Samachar, Breaking News, Latest Khabar – Pratirodh

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us
  • Featured

Covid-19 Lockdown: India’s Poor Fear For Future

Mar 24, 2020 | Pratirodh Bureau

Shaikh Bahaduresha, a taxi driver, poses for a photograph on a street in Mumbai on March 23, 2020

Shaikh Bahaduresha, 31, lived on Mumbai’s streets for two months last year, unable to make ends meet on his meagre taxi-driving profits of roughly $5 a day. After he got married in December, his wife put some money towards renting a small apartment, and they moved in together.

But with much of India now under lockdown to fight the coronavirus, Bahaduresha’s newfound stability could come crashing down.

He has no more taxi customers, which means he cannot afford food beyond rice and lentils, and will not be able to pay his rent, due on Tuesday.

“I have no savings. My wife and I will be on the street again,” said Bahaduresha as he waited in vain next to shuttered stores for a cab owner who he said owed him a deposit. “The USA is a VIP country, you can block it for a month and it’s okay, but in India you have to take care of the poor.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged India’s 1.3 billion people to stay home and the majority of the country is under lockdown. As of Monday, India had reported 471 cases of the virus and nine deaths.

A dozen Indians living in Mumbai’s sprawling Dharavi slum said they supported the clampdown, but wanted government support.

The issue highlights how difficult it is for countries to tackle the virus without destroying livelihoods – a challenge that is especially acute in developing nations with significant populations living hand-to-mouth.

“So far, the prime minister’s intervention has put the onus of responsibility on citizens … but it has fallen short of explaining clearly what the state is going to do,” said Gilles Verniers, a political science professor at Ashoka University near New Delhi.

“There is nothing that looks like a national plan on the social front.”

The prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Some markets near the slum were closed and vendors still selling vegetables on the pavement said their distributors were no longer supplying them.

Dharavi residents said they were stretching out meals and forgoing pricier foods such as mutton. Khatun, a frail 70-year-old, wept on her bed as she recounted that her son, who does odd painting jobs, was out of work.

Ajay Kewat, 21, said his family only had provisions for a few more days: “I’m afraid that after a week, there won’t be food.”

Tags: coronavirus, coronavirus lockdown, COVID-19, Mumbai, Pratirodh, prime minister narendra modi

Continue Reading

Previous Stocks Plummet Over 12% On Coronavirus Fears
Next Delhi Police Clear Out Shaheen Bagh Protest Site

More Stories

  • Featured

Estonian Firm Seeks Finance From Forests

11 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly: Probe Panel

11 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

‘Advisable To Not Take Vaccine If’: Covaxin Factsheet

18 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • Estonian Firm Seeks Finance From Forests
  • China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly: Probe Panel
  • ‘Advisable To Not Take Vaccine If’: Covaxin Factsheet
  • Opp Seeks Probe Into Security Leak After Goswami’s Messages Emerge
  • Big Oil’s Flagship Plastic Waste Project Sinks In The Ganges
  • Alexei Navalny Flies Home And Straight Into Trouble
  • Amazon Faces Backlash From BJP Lawmakers Over ‘Tandav’
  • One ‘Severe’, 51 ‘Minor’ Cases Of Post-Vaccination Adverse Events
  • Covid Vaccination Campaign: Sanitation Worker Gets First Shot
  • Norway Warns of Vaccination Risks After 23 Die
  • No Headway In Talks Between Govt And Protesting Farmers
  • ‘World’s Largest’ Vaccination Campaign Starts Today
  • Poor Nations Need More Cash To Adapt To Climate Change: U.N.
  • Protesting Farmers, Govt To Hold New Round Of Talks
  • ‘Twitter, Facebook Repeatedly Mishandled Trump’: Wikipedia Founder
  • WhatsApp Faces First Legal Challenge In India Over Privacy
  • World’s Oldest Known Cave Painting Discovered In Indonesia
  • WHO Team Arrives In Wuhan For Coronavirus Origin Probe
  • Sundarbans: Storms, Poverty Force Locals Deep Into Mangroves
  • Trump Becomes First US President To Be Impeached Twice

Search

Main Links

  • Home
  • Newswires
  • Politics & Society
  • The New Feudals
  • World View
  • Arts And Aesthetics
  • For The Record
  • About Us

Related Stroy

  • Featured

Estonian Firm Seeks Finance From Forests

11 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly: Probe Panel

11 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

‘Advisable To Not Take Vaccine If’: Covaxin Factsheet

18 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Opp Seeks Probe Into Security Leak After Goswami’s Messages Emerge

19 hours ago Pratirodh Bureau
  • Featured

Big Oil’s Flagship Plastic Waste Project Sinks In The Ganges

1 day ago Pratirodh Bureau

Recent Posts

  • Estonian Firm Seeks Finance From Forests
  • China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly: Probe Panel
  • ‘Advisable To Not Take Vaccine If’: Covaxin Factsheet
  • Opp Seeks Probe Into Security Leak After Goswami’s Messages Emerge
  • Big Oil’s Flagship Plastic Waste Project Sinks In The Ganges
Copyright © All rights reserved. | CoverNews by AF themes.