At least 30 Indian migrant workers were killed Saturday in road accidents 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 by the seven-week shutdown.In the most deadly incident, a truck carrying about 40 labourers struck another vehicle also carrying workers and their families that was parked at a roadside cafe in Uttar Pradesh, local magistrate Abishek Singh told AFP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the accident “extremely tragic” in a Twitter post and said relief work was in “full swing” at the scene. Many businesses shut down overnight after the lockdown began on March 25, leaving millions suddenly out of work. Cases in India rose by nearly 4,000 overnight to 85,940, eclipsing the number officially registered in China — where the pandemic started last year. India’s death toll is 2,752, while China’s stands at 4,633.
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