Urban Adivasis of Bhopal Left to Struggle as Pandemic Rages
Reality check: Negligent government and the fight for survival
Before April, people from oppressed communities and daily wage earners across the country saw the pandemic seemingly fade from their lives. Soon the illusion of getting on with their livelihoods broke, and of course the lockdowns returned to haunt them and their families.
This time the situation is worse. They are more vulnerable than they were during the first wave of infections and lockdowns, as governance has gone down to rags.
The vulnerability of a few such marginalised Adivasi communities residing in Bhopal makes it evident that elected representatives, the wealthy media and all possible bureaucrats have been ignorant or worse, as the pandemic hits these communities hardest.