The Quint travelled 1,300 Kms from Delhi to Ranchi in Jharkhand to report on how people, whose lives depend on India's busy national highways, are surviving during the COVID-19 lockdown. We also spoke to tea stall owners and petrol pump staff, who described how business was next to nil. Lockdown regulations were being strictly followed at the Jharkhand border, where …
Among many of those who are left stranded, hungry and helpless in wake of the nationwide lockdown, are hundreds of truck drivers stuck on the GT road between New Delhi and Amritsar. Moreover, purported videos showing Punjab police manhandling the volunteers and demanding bribes from the drivers carrying essential items have surfaced on social media. Joginder Singh, who came from …
