As Shehzada Khan (24) stood at the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal waiting for a bus to Sahibabad, he recalled the journey that took him to his hometown a month and a half ago. Khan, who hails from Katihar district in Bihar, worked at a toy factory in the NCR town, earning Rs 8,000 per month, when the pandemic struck. “I got stuck at the factory when the lockdown was imposed, and the factory owner gave us our salary only for the next month, after which it was stopped. I had to ask my family to send me money,” said Khan. After much struggle, he was able to head back to Bihar via the Shramik trains in May. Unable to find any job back home, now he is back at the same job at the toy factory but this...
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