Coronavirus: Govt School Teachers Roped in to Trace Migrant Workers

  • The Gujarat government school teachers provide migrant workers free ration during the unprecedented lockdown because of the coronavirus outbreak.
  • The lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus has turned into a humanitarian crisis as it resulted in the exodus of migrant workers who have lost their jobs.
  • On Wednesday a group of teachers went to every house in Chacharavadi Vasna village near the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway to provide food.
  • The Gujarat government has declared that it will provide one month's free ration to poor families.
  • Migrant labourers from other states will be provided free ration from fair price shops starting April 4 based on lists prepared by the district administration.
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