RANCHI/BHOPAL/PATNA: The worst nightmare has come true for a host of migrant labourers from Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Jobless following the nationwide lockdown last year, they had just about started putting things together when the second wave of Covid-19 erupted. Hailing from villages in these states, they have been forced to rush back after employers told them they were shutting operations once again.
Most of them had gone back to their workplaces in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and the National Capital Region or found something new, after the situation started looking better towards the end of 2020. Several of them are under pressure to repay loans taken to survive last year’s ordeals. Hoping that things were falling in place after having worked for a few months, they are back staring at uncertainty.