Re:People are planting more vegetable gardens
by pmoriarty on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:29PM
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"In China, I remember reading people were simply refusing to show up for work."
This might be what happens with people who can afford to live off their savings or state support while out of work, but many won't be so fortunate.
Here's a more likely scenario for many of the seasonal workers who supply our food:
I soon spotted a group of men huddled in a corner...
I stopped and asked them, from a safe distance, if they were following the lockdown.
Ramesh Kumar, who comes from Banda district in Uttar Pradesh state, said that he knew "there won't be anybody to hire us, but we still took our chances".
"I earn 600 rupees ($8; £6.50) every day and I have five people to feed. We will run out of food in a few days. I know the risk of coronavirus, but I can't see my children
hungry," he said.
This might be what happens with people who can afford to live off their savings or state support while out of work, but many won't be so fortunate.
Here's a more likely scenario for many of the seasonal workers who supply our food:
I soon spotted a group of men huddled in a corner...
I stopped and asked them, from a safe distance, if they were following the lockdown.
Ramesh Kumar, who comes from Banda district in Uttar Pradesh state, said that he knew "there won't be anybody to hire us, but we still took our chances".
"I earn 600 rupees ($8; £6.50) every day and I have five people to feed. We will run out of food in a few days. I know the risk of coronavirus, but I can't see my children hungry," he said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52002734