From a pregnant wife being wheeled on a makeshift cart to a child sleeping on a suitcase?being pulled by his mother, the face of the coronavirus lockdown is heartbreaking in India and every day the situation seems to be getting worse.??
A young migrant worker from Madhya Pradesh started his tough journey from Hyderabad along with his pregnant wife Dhanwanta and infant daughter Anuragini.??
He wheeled his daughter and pregnant wife for the most part of the 700-km route on a makeshift wooden cart that he made with wood and sticks.?
He even showed how he made the makeshift cart while he walked for days without anything to eat to reach his village.
"I first tried to carry my daughter and walk. But it was difficult to walk the entire distance on foot with my pregnant wife. So, I built a makeshift cart with wood and sticks I found in the jungles on the way and then pulled the cart all the way to Balaghat,"?NDTV quoted Ramu as saying.?
As soon as Ramu entered his native district through Maharashtra, a police team, led by sub-divisional officer Nitesh Bhargava, provided him and his family with food, reports NDTV.?
The police team also arranged for a thorough medical check-up, arrange a commute to their home and instructed them to self-quarantine for 14 days.?
In another incident, a?pregnant migrant labourer who was walking from Maharashtra to her village in Madhya Pradesh gave birth on the way. She rested for two hours after giving birth and then continued with the walk for another 150 kilometres, reports India Today.
According to ANI, the pregnant woman and her husband started their journey from Nashik in Maharashtra and were walking towards their home in Satna, Madhya Pradesh.She experienced labour pain on Tuesday during the long and arduous walk home.?
Her husband said, ¡°After she gave birth, we rested for two hours and then we walked for at least 150 kilometres.¡±