ABSTRACT
On Friday, 16 migrant workers were crushed to death by a goods train when they were attempting to make their way to Aurangabad railway station with the hope of catching a train to their homes in Madhya Pradesh. In fact, according to researchers Thejesh G.N., Kanika Sharma, and Aman, till Saturday, 378 people had died since the lockdown was imposed due to reasons other than the disease. Of them, 69 people died in rail or road accidents while walking to their homes – the only mode of travel available as public transport had been suspended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which gave notice of only four hours before the first lockdown came into effect. The researchers point out that their compilation does not include all deaths that have occurred as a consequence of the lockdown.
