write a composition on the scene of lockdown in your village due to covid 19 (100-150 words)
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Explanation:
The village of Sarna Toli in eastern India hasn’t recorded one coronavirus case. Yet the rural enclave of about 250 people has been transformed by the global pandemic.
Dozens of men who would normally be working in faraway big cities, sending cash home to their families, while away time playing cards and chatting in the village square or under trees near the local Hindu temple.
There is little work for them in the village. The loss of the money they were shipping home is a huge blow to the local economy. Worries are growing that they could introduce the coronavirus from India’s cities, where it is raging, to a hinterlands area where the state-run hospital shut down last month and the sole private health-care provider is too expensive for all but the richest residents.
“Their return has created fear,” said Shankar Mahli, the elected head of the village in the state of Jharkhand.