Homebound Labour – An Indep Reality Check by Brig Asthana and Col Binjolkar
Quote *Homebound Labour on the Roads – A Reality Check 1* by Brigadier Amul Asthana (Retd) and Col Ashok Binjolkar (Retd) Today *I thank God* that I live in such a wonderful country, India. Today (22 May 2020) I saw for myself how our citizens, rich-poor-government servants and non-government alike are making most spirited and very well directed efforts to overcome the unimaginable scale and complexity of the homeward bound labour situation. This note is a long narrative, but I urge all to kindly read on and get a ‘real insight’ into the state of affairs. With great apprehension and carrying the *burden of huge negative news about the migrant labour* crisis*, I ventured out for an ‘on ground reality check’. *(I prefer to call them Indian Labour) I teamed up with my colleague Col Ashok Binjolkar (Retd). We decided to reach out towards the Palwal-Mathura(UP) highway. Right at the Palwal-KMP highway we came across a group of ‘loaded’ families on foot, and they wer...