Ranchi: Govind Kumar is a resident of Bagodar block in Giridih district. For nearly five years now, Govind has been working at a coffee shop in Mumbai’s Worli to sustain his family back home. Govind earns nearly Rs 30,000 a month, of which he can send a little back home. On Thursday, Govind doled out a chunk of his salary to purchase air tickets to the state. With Maharashtra announcing night curfews and lockdowns during the weekends in a desperate effort to tame the spiralling Covid-19 infection rate, Govind’s employers have downed the shutters indefinitely.
“Night curfews are in place till April 30, so my employer asked me to go home. He said he will summon me once situations ease out,” Govind said outside Ranchi’s Birsa Munda International Airport upon arrival.