DISTRESS OF INTER-STATE MIGRANT LABOURERS FROM ASSAM DURING NATIONWIDE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN 2020: A CRISIS WITHIN THE CRISIS

Abstract

COVID-19 had emerged in world in December 2019 and spread to different countries through international movements. In India, the first positive case found in the state of Kerala on 30th January 2020, till 26th August 2020 there were 32, 34,474 corona virus infected cases reported in India and to reduce the spread of COVID-19 government of India imposed nationwide lockdown on 25th March, 2020.  During this COVID-19 lockdown people had no money to buy food and their basic necessities. Thousands of migrant workers struggled for their livelihood and they tried to reach their own home at the earliest, many of them reach their home and several died at streets and railway tracks. Some of were just waiting in their migrant place to over the lockdown. Overall, they faced very hard situation during the lockdown period because most of them were lost their earning source. So, this paper tries to attempt the study of impact of COVID 19 on the livelihood of migrant workers during the period of lockdown.