Five workers walk 800km from Rajasthan to Punjab in Nationwide Lockdown

Faced with a harsh choice to live far away from the house. Having no earnings after the nationwide lockdown was imposed. Five workers from Punjab working in Rajasthan’s Kota. Have decided to walk the 800km distance to reach their home in Faridkot, Punjab. They entered Rohtak on Friday, five days after they left on the journey. By wearing flip-flops and luggage bags on their shoulders. All five workers were drivers of combined harvester machines in Kota. During these last five days, they slept on roadsides, had little to eat and satisfied their thirst with water from ponds and rivulets.

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