Coronavirus | Despite lockdown, T.N. labourers head to Karnataka
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A complete lockdown could also be in drive in Karnataka however that has not deterred staff from Tamil Nadu, engaged in varied works corresponding to building actions and important companies, discovering transport from the inter-State border to enter Karnataka.
On the Tamil Nadu aspect, city buses plied to the border on the Zuzuvadi put up to drop off passengers, who scurried their means by foot throughout the border on Wednesday to Athibelle for work.
Many staff mentioned that they have been employed within the building sector and had determined to hitch a trip on day one of many lockdown, while the border surveillance nonetheless remained lax.
Construction actions, other than important companies, have been exempted from the lockdown.
In the wake of the announcement, staff and people employed in pharma corporations throughout the border on the outskirts of Bengaluru, obtained rides on the few city buses that plied up to the border.
From the border, many hitched rides on Karnataka-registered tempos and tractors to their job websites.
However, in contrast to the nationwide lockdown final summer season, which noticed a gentle stream of migrants returning to Tamil Nadu, the flurry of staff returning to their properties in Tamil Nadu was absent on Wednesday.
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