A Walk To Remember - Migrants movement during Covid-19 #2020

If Someone ask you to walk for your family and for your life. How much km will you walk in summer 42 degree temperature with 10 kilo luggage?

I would say max 150 KM or some more and this will only I can think but some of brave souls decided to walk 300 km,400 km in 42 degree temperature. When you heard this kind of news .One moment you think what inspire them to do this .Really in this modern world they are not getting transport and minimum facility for travel. Once your fuel price dropping 15 to 20 % and you all state buses stand on bus stand .Yes this kind of view now days is normal and you can see this on your national  highway. Your city’s one of strong pillars are moving towards their village and we are not able to provide them basic facility’s. This blog is not about any political debate or any government success of frailer. This write-up just about migrant laborers confidence  and there pain. How come some group of people decided to walk from one state to another state .Really we dint left any option for them or we don’t care anymore. May be there condition very miserable and our selfish eyes don’t want to see it because we are thinking we are sitting at home, watching news and serving our country.

Usually I never inspired from our Indian news channel because I personally felt they never show you real story of the pain. They always try to sale you their own story(Product) from there extra ordinary scary voice and you cannot find  the news in that kind of noise and most of the time main news missing in debate. only one thing inspiring us that is our Police and Doctors standing on every square, hospitals and doing  their job honestly.

One of my childhood friend who belongs to Bhopal(MP) informed me .He is daily going to Bhopal National Highway 146 for distributing some food, Shoes, water bottle, biscuits and medicines to migrants  people .They are coming from Maharashtra and going  towards their home town UP\Bihar and passing from Indore\Bhopal bypass border to save their life from covid-19 .I said very good job you are doing. Then I simply asked, why they are moving and really their condition are worst and they have to leave there karma bhoomi(Working place) .He replied it’s really bed situation.The are coming from Mumbai and Pune in  auto , bike, truck in this summer. One small auto 8 to 10 people sitting .Really don’t know how they are adjusting .some of couple coming in Activa\Bike with their two children in this summer, Some of board yellow & black taxi  from Mumbai. They don’t have proper shoes\food\water and they decide to move from one state to another state .Really what kind of joke is this ? They reached Bhopal and take  3 to 4 days again they have to take journey from Bhopal to their native place and again it will take 2,3 days in covid-19 conditions. Migrant said some of the places they did not allow to take water because peoples are thinking they might be affected from covid -19 .I cannot describe their condition in words and you cannot understand that word until you will watch it . I cannot take this decision to take walk like this ☹ in my life. This walk to remember for them for the all life .Don’t know they will come back again or not ?

Some questions are always puzzling in my mind are:

1. When they started for their home town that time they have enough money to fill fuel and food ?
2. Once they are riding bike .Is there back was paining ?
3. Tier was puncher  in jungle ? how they have managed?
4. How lady’s was holding two children in bikes ? What stamina they  have ?
5. When any heavy vehicle was passed nearby speed of 120 km so there hand was shaking for riding a like?
6. Highway beam light focus was not stopping them?
7. Close auto and truck they have proper ventilation ?
8. After reaching home they will get good life and proper food?
9. Their home town will accept them ? because  they are coming from covid-19 red zone area?

     Famous shayar Nida Fazli said some lines :.

                                          "घर को खोजें रात दिन घर से निकले पाँव

                                          वो रस्ता ही खो गया जिस रस्ते था गाँव"

                                          "Ghar ko khojeñ raat din ghar se nikle paañv 

                                           Vo rasta hī kho gayā jis raste thā gaañv" 

I would like to thanks to my friend Sunny Agrawal who went out in these conditions for helping them and shared these pictures. I am sharing pics in my blog with his permission.

Photo curtsy -Sunny Agarwal : 

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