The biggest crisis amid the 21-day lockdown imposed from Tuesday midnight in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers from cities in several states to their villages.
While the images of migrant workers walking afoot hundreds of miles to their homes have emerged from different parts of the country, a video is now going viral on social media that shows a group of workers being sprayed with disinfectants while returning to Uttar Pradesh.
The video was shared by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Twitter on Monday.
Sharing the video, Gandhi said: “I appeal to the government in UP… all of us are fighting together against Coronavirus. Please don’t indulge in such inhuman actions. The labourers have already suffered a lot. Don’t spray chemicals on them. This won’t protect them, rather it would cause more problems.”
यूपी सरकार से गुजारिश है कि हम सब मिलकर इस आपदा के खिलाफ लड़ रहे हैं लेकिन कृपा करके ऐसे अमानवीय काम मत करिए।
मजदूरों ने पहले से ही बहुत दुख झेल लिए हैं। उनको केमिकल डाल कर इस तरह नहलाइए मत। इससे उनका बचाव नहीं होगा बल्कि उनकी सेहत के लिए और खतरे पैदा हो जाएंगे। pic.twitter.com/ftovaFHR5q
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) March 30, 2020
The video shows a group of men and women sitting on a road while two men in covered in white overalls spray on them disinfectants.
In the video, someone can even be heard asking the workers, drenched in chemicals, to keep their eyes shut. Meanwhile, several policemen can also be seen present at the spot.
