Unemployed migrant worker in Corona, India killed 16 people on the track May 8 20:20
In India, where the new coronavirus infection continues to spread, a group of migrant workers who were unemployed due to restrictions on going out were on the track trying to return to their hometowns, but were hit by a freight train, killing 16 people.
In Maharashtra, western India, early in the morning of the 8th, 16 people were killed by a freight train run by a group of migrant workers on the track.
According to local media, the workers took a rest on the tracks when they were hit by a train as they walked to a station about 150 kilometers away to return to their neighboring state of origin. It seems to have been.
In India, economic activities stopped due to severe restrictions on citizens' outings from the end of March to prevent the spread of infection, and many of the 100 million migrant workers lost their jobs.
Public transportation has also stopped, forcing many workers to walk back hundreds of kilometers to their hometowns, some of which can lead to sickness and accidents due to long distances. There are many people who die because of being killed.
The Indian government has just begun efforts to send unemployed migrant workers who have been unemployed since the end of last month by train or bus to their hometown, and Prime Minister Modi said to Twitter that "I feel great sadness." I will provide all the support I need ".