Covid-19 : A humanitarian Crisis

in #humanity5 years ago (edited)

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This lockdown due to Covid-19 became the dark night for the poor, daily wagers and migrant worker who were far away from their houses or even they are in their houses but don’t possess the essential basic needs which are part of our daily life because they earn their family’s bread by daily earnings. Indeed This lockdown is necessary for us but I think it is unplanned, because We have a very large population of migrant laborers and daily wagers so a unplanned lockdown will make their life more worse.
But this lockdown unleashed the reality of Indian Nationality as State Govt. was prioritizing for help of those who belong to their states and made the arrangements systematically. Those who were providing their services to the states, it becomes the accountability of the state to accommodate them but states failed in doing so. As the lockdown shutdown the services of any mode of transport so these workers started their journey on foot to self-accommodate themselves in their respective houses. This sudden movement of worker violated fundamental principle of lockdown and created panic among public and the government both.
Millions of migrant worker were on the road without caring about whether they would get their destination or not, some were on foot and others were by their bicycles. This was the responsibility of government to accommodate them where they are.
Government is providing the relieve amount in the accounts of the poor but the -fact is in India not every daily earner possess a bank account or if someone possess so but he have 8-9 family members in his family, the amount which will be transferred represent only the account holder. We are country in which most of the poor families live on the road and doesn’t possess any bank account. And till now there is no such situation that Government need to request for financial support for helping the poor, there is contingency fund of India for dealing with disasters. I hope we will not suffer to that stage as we have taken preventive measures very strictly so there was no need for financial assistance from the countrymen. But you could request them to take care of those poor families who will not get their bread during lockdown. There is a new fashion is trending on social media of posting the Donation slip as screenshots on social media accounts. I just have a question for them What if they had helped those poor with this money directly? Because it might reach out to them 1-2 month or 1-2 week later who are having the need right now, certainly it is not going to reach to them right now just after transferring the amount from your account.
Before doing anything you should must think for at least once because your actions also have reactions and these reactions may bring a smile on a face or a tear, its totally upto us how we act in these situations.

For latest information about Covid-19-
India- https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://mohfw.gov.in/
WHO- https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019