As a
concerned citizen write an article on ‘India COVID-19 lockdown means no food or work for
rural poor’ for the local daily in 150-200 words.
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For farm worker Manisha Uke, being able to survive is contingent on two factors - one, getting a daily wage of 100 Indian rupees ($1.3) a day and two, receiving a widow's monthly pension of 1,000 rupees ($13.1) from the governmentShe managed to find work in a neighbouring village for a day. With the money she earned, she was able to buy some food from a market 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) away.
But getting to the market with an autorickshaw cost her 300 rupees ($3.9) - three times her daily wage - as no buses were running due to the lockdown. She offered to compensate the driver later, but he insisted on her paying him immediately
"So I gave him my necklace to keep, till I can pay him back," she says. He agreed but said he would charge an additional dollar in interest.
As the coronavirus cases in India climb, imposing a lockdown on 1.3 billion people was always going to be challenging. So far, the country has had a reported 2,032 cases and 58 deaths. But the movement restrictions will prove economically devastating for India's poor, who live in its vast rural areas, say analysts.