Migrant workers from the neighboring state of Maharashtra trying to return to their villages hundreds of miles away walk through a highway during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Monday, May 4, 2020. India's six-week coronavirus lockdown, which was supposed to end on Monday, has been extended for another two weeks, with a few relaxations. Locking down the country's 1.3 billion people has slowed down the spread of the virus, but has come at the enormous cost of upending lives and millions of lost jobs. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar A./AP Photo)





Indian farmers harvest wheat during the extended lockdown, in Mandal village, near Dharamsala, India, 04 May 2020. The wheat harvest season in the state of Himachal Pradesh usually runs from April through June, every year. The Indian government announced lockdown extension for two weeks till 17 May with new relaxation action plan for red, green zones but people still seeking clarity from local authorities as the third phase of the countrywide lockdown begins from the morning of 04 May 2020, to stem the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. (Photo by Sanjay Baid/EPA/EFE)





A Kashmiri Muslim woman pulls a calf as she walks towards her home as police and army soldiers launch an operation in Awantipora area, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Government forces killed a top rebel commander and his aide in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday and shut down cellphone and mobile internet services during subsequent anti-India protests, officials, and residents said. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Relatives of a girl who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mourn outside a crematorium in Ahmedabad, India, May 1, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A man wearing a protective gear mourns next to the body of his father who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A railway official takes the details of migrant workers sitting inside a train, who were stranded in Gujarat due to a lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they leave for their home state of Uttar Pradesh, in Ahmedabad, India, May 2, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Men wearing protective masks move past the figures with face masks installed outside a fuel station to create awareness about wearing masks to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, May 1, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Rohingya refugees Taslima, 35, Zaffar Hussain, 39, and Shahid Hussain, 10, pray as Rizwan, 3, looks on before eating their Iftar meal at their house in a camp, during the fasting month of Ramadan and amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India April 30, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





An Indian priest checks his mobile phone outside a Hindu temple during nationwide lockdown in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Gujarat police personnel detain stranded migrant workers during a protest demanding Gujarat's government travelling arrangements to return to their homes during nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against COVID-19 coronavirus, in Surat, some 270 kms from Ahmedabad on May 4, 2020. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Migrant workers, who were stranded in the western state of Rajasthan due to a lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), wear protective masks as they look out from a window of a train upon their arrival in their home state of eastern West Bengal, at a railway station on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, May 5, 2020. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A policeman baton charges as Indians line up without maintaining physical distance outside one of the liquor shops which reopened Monday after six weeks lockdown on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Monday, May 4, 2020. India's six-week coronavirus lockdown, which was supposed to end on Monday, has been extended for another two weeks, with a few relaxations. Locking down the country's 1.3 billion people has slowed down the spread of the virus, but has come at the enormous cost of upending lives and millions of lost jobs. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)





A boy affected by a chemical gas leak is carried for medical treatment in Vishakhapatnam, India, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Chemical gas leaked from an industrial plant in southern India early Thursday, leaving people struggling to breathe and collapsing in the streets as they tried to flee. Administrator Vinay Chand said several people fainted on the road and were rushed to a hospital. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





An Indian traffic police man stops a motorist during nationwide lockdown in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. India's six-week coronavirus lockdown, which was supposed to end on Monday, has been extended for another two weeks, with a few relaxations. Locking down the country's 1.3 billion people has slowed down the spread of the virus, but has come at the enormous cost of upending lives and millions of lost jobs. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)





Donkeys on Ashok Rajpath, among the city's busiest roads, now deserted during lockdown on May 5, 2020 in Patna, India. The third phase of the nationwide lockdown began on Monday with considerable relaxations, as the pre-existing quarantine was further extended for the second time by the Ministry of Home Affairs for two weeks beyond May 3. However, governments are also keeping in place necessary curbs so as to not lose all the gains that have been achieved in the battle against the virus. The total number of cases stood at 46,433 which includes 32,138 active cases, 12,726 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient and 1,568 deaths as per Ministry of Health data at 9 am IST on Tuesday. (Photo by Parwaz Khan/Hindustan Times/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Delhi Civil Defence official takes details from stranded migrant workers and homeless people living in Yamuna Sports Complex shelter home, during lockdown, on MaY 1, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Migrant workers deboard from a special train that arrived from Nasik during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Misrod railway station in Bhopal on May 02, 2020. (Photo by Gagan Nayar/AFP Photo)





A firefighter (C) sprays water to control a fire broke out at a warehouse in New Delhi on May 6, 2020. No casualty reported after a major fire broke out at a scrap warehouse early on May 6 in the capital city. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Indian slum dwellers attend to their morning chores during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus, in Bangalore, India, Saturday, May 2, 2020. With reported infections relatively low, around 35,000, the government is trying to loosen the nation-wide lockdown and reopen some industries, such as agriculture and manufacturing. But health experts fear crowded facilities in India can pose a challenge as the country moves on to stem the outbreak in crowded facilities and dense urban areas. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





An artist wearing a coronavirus-shaped helmet and a protective suit stands next to a police barricade as he requests people to stay at home during an extended lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, April 30, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)