Abhijit Banerjee

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Migrant workers and their families were crowding in bus stations as you try to go home

India's prime get minister asked his Country for forgiveness, which after the imposition of a sweeping Lockdown , he had Said , hurt millions of Poor People .

criticism is appropriate to the lack of planning prior to the coronavirus, which was introduced with less than four hours in advance.

Many of India's 1. 3 billion citizens who have been left unemployed and hungry.

tens of thousands of guest workers, who were forced to walk hundreds of kilometers to their original villages.

In his weekly radio address of PM Narendra Modi apologised for the impact of the strict stay-at-home measures.

But He Said , give it "to stop any other way," the rapid spread of The Virus .

"Especially when I look at my poor brothers and sisters, I definitely have the feeling that you think you need, what kind of Prime Minister is, who got us in this trouble?

"try I especially, your forgiveness," He Said .

"Maybe a lot angry on me for the locked up in their homes.

"I understand your problems, but there was No Other way to Wage War against coronavirus. It is a fight to the death, and we have to win. "

people are announced banned, leave their homes for three weeks under the "total Lockdown " measures, on Tuesday. All non-essential businesses were closed and almost all public gatherings are prohibited.

He sparked a migration from the big cities like Delhi, where thousands of migrant workers, put on long trips Back To their home villages, after the transport has been stopped.

A worker died on Saturday after he tried to walk 168 miles (270km) on the way home, a police official, the Reuters news Agency Said .

India announced a $22bn (£19 billion) rescue package for the Country 's arms on Tuesday, including free food and cash handouts, but there are concerns that this may not reach the most needy.

In an opinion piece published on Sunday, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo , Two of the three winners of the Nobel Prize for economic Sciences in the year 2019, Said more help for the poor was necessary.

"Without that demand crisis is the snow ball in an economic avalanche, and the people have No Other choice than to defy orders," she wrote in The Indian Express .

hundreds of thousands of people leave

India has reported that roughly 1,000 cases of the coronavirus and 25 deaths.

However, the experts fear that the actual number of infections could be much higher. India has One of the lowest testing rates in The World , although efforts are underway, the ramp-up capacities.

There are fears that an outbreak in the Country - One of the most populated in The World to test on you could be in a disaster.

The Country 's economy was already in the midst of a sharp slowdown, before the Country went into Lockdown .

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Source of news: bbc.com