A migrant worker runs behind a truck as others try to board it to return to their villages after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, March 26, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Rajesh Babu, a police officer, wearing a helmet depicting coronavirus, requests a commuter to stay at home during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chennai, India, March 28, 2020. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)





A municipal works as he disinfects parked supply truck at a yard during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, March 27, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Municipal workers distribute bags of food amongst the residents as they maintain safe distance during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India, March 29, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A migrant worker holds her daughter's hand as she tries to board a crowded bus to return to her village in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, March 29, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A migrant worker's family sits along a highway after they failed to get a bus to return to their village, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, March 29, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A municipal worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant solution in a grave before the burial of a woman who died due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India, March 28, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Migrant workers walk towards a bus station along a highway with their families as they return to their villages in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, March 29, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Migrant workers hang on to a door of their moving bus as they return to their villages in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, March 29, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Migrant workers are seen in a bus arranged by Uttar Pradesh state government to transport the people stranded in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India March 28, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Migrant daily wage laborer Ram Bhajan Nisar and his family wait for transportation to travel to their hometown following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 27, 2020. Some of India's legions of poor and others suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid on Thursday, as both public and private groups worked to blunt the impact of efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The measures that went into effect Wednesday, the largest of their kind in the world, risk heaping further hardship on the quarter of the population who live below the poverty line and the 1.8 million who are homeless. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





An Indian girl stands amid smoke as municipal workers fumigate an area spray disinfectants as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized to the public on Sunday for imposing a three-week national lockdown, calling it harsh but “needed to win” the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Ajit Solanki/AP Photo)





An Indian railway employee works to convert a train coach into an isolation ward for the fight against the new coronavirus in Gauhati, India, Sunday, March 29, 2020. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A migrant worker holding her baby cries after she missed out on receiving free food outside Howrah railway station after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Homeless and impoverished Indians eat a meal distributed by the Delhi government in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Indian people stand on designated areas to maintain social distancing as they queue to buy vegetables, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Jalandhar, India 26 March 2020. India is facing the first day of the 21-day national lockdown decreed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an effort to slow down the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. There have been at least over 600 confirmed coronavirus infections throughout India and 10 deaths derived from the disease so far. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





Indian municipal workers spray disinfectants as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus on a street in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





A man pleads before and Indian police officer to allow him to cross the barricade erected by Indian police on a deserted road to enforce a lockdown during night, as nationwide lockdown continues over the highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 29, 2020 in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts New Delhi, India. India is under a 21-day lockdown to fight the spread of the virus while security personnel on the roads are enforcing the restrictions in many cases by using force, the workers of country's unorganized sector are bearing the brunt of the curfew-like situation. The lockdown has already disproportionately hurt marginalized communities due to loss of livelihood and lack of food, shelter, health, and other basic needs. The lockdown has left tens of thousands of out-of-work migrant workers stranded, with rail and bus services shut down. According to international labour organisations 90 percent of India's workforce is employed in the informal sector and most do not have access to pensions, sick leave, paid leave or any kind of insurance. The closing of state borders have caused disruption in the supply of essential goods, leading to inflation and fear of shortages. Reports on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is preparing a massive bailout for the underprivileged sections of the country and will hand over the aid through direct cash transfers. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)





Migrant workers travel on a crowded bus as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, March 29, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





Children carry their sick dog on a makeshift stretcher and walk home after visiting the vet, during lockdown in Kohima, northeastern Nagaland state, India, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Indians struggled to comply with the world's largest coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday as the government began the gargantuan task of keeping 1.3 billion people indoors. (Photo by Yirmiyan Arthur/AP Photo)





Homeless people receive free food offered by the Telangana state governement during a 21-day government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Hyderabad on March 26, 2020. (Photo by Noah Seelam/AFP Photo)