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Photos: Despite risk, migrants walk on rail tracks & highways in Mumbai

Maharashtra crossed the 20,000 mark for coronavirus cases with the addition of 1,165 infections on Saturday, May 9. Despite this and the accident near Auranagabad a couple of days ago, where migrant workers were mowed down by a train on the tracks, migrants in Mumbai have kept walking back home to their states. Of the new cases on Saturday, 722 were from Mumbai, taking India’s most affected city’s case count to 12,864.

Updated on: May 10, 2020 2:58 PM IST

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Migrant workers seen walking on a railway track at Kanjurmarg, due to police barricading on the roads.This group was attempting to walk all the way to their village in Uttar Pradesh. A day later, a tragic accident was reported in Aurangabad, where workers were run over by a train, while asleep on the tracks in the night. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

Migrant workers seen walking on a railway track at Kanjurmarg, due to police barricading on the roads.This group was attempting to walk all the way to their village in Uttar Pradesh. A day later, a tragic accident was reported in Aurangabad, where workers were run over by a train, while asleep on the tracks in the night. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Migrant workers in Mumbai were seen walking the tracks in Kanjurmarg, a suburb in the city, on May 7. Often rail tracks are the shortest route home. Migrants have also been walking on and along them to avoid police brutality on the roads, according to a report in Mint. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

Migrant workers in Mumbai were seen walking the tracks in Kanjurmarg, a suburb in the city, on May 7. Often rail tracks are the shortest route home. Migrants have also been walking on and along them to avoid police brutality on the roads, according to a report in Mint. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A small girl is pushed into a truck by her father at the Eastern express highway between Thane and Bhiwandi in the wee hours of the morning on May 9. The covid-19 pandemic has hit the poor the hardest in India, with locked factories and other workplaces triggering the biggest internal migration since Partition, according to a report in Mint. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

A small girl is pushed into a truck by her father at the Eastern express highway between Thane and Bhiwandi in the wee hours of the morning on May 9. The covid-19 pandemic has hit the poor the hardest in India, with locked factories and other workplaces triggering the biggest internal migration since Partition, according to a report in Mint. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Scene from inside a truck between Thane and Bhiwandi as migrant workers jump in, hoping to make their back to Uttar Pradesh, to their villages, on May 9. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

Scene from inside a truck between Thane and Bhiwandi as migrant workers jump in, hoping to make their back to Uttar Pradesh, to their villages, on May 9. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Migrant workers seen walking with their belongings on the Eastern Express Highway between Ghatkopar and Kanjurmarg in Mumbai. Many who couldn’t board the Shramik Special trains for a host of reasons have set off on arduous journeys on foot. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

Migrant workers seen walking with their belongings on the Eastern Express Highway between Ghatkopar and Kanjurmarg in Mumbai. Many who couldn’t board the Shramik Special trains for a host of reasons have set off on arduous journeys on foot. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Two women with a child during a small halt at the Eastern Exress Highway between Thane and Bhiwandi in the wee hours of the morning on May 9. Some states are charging migrants for their train journeys, while some others had tried to bar them from going home. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

Two women with a child during a small halt at the Eastern Exress Highway between Thane and Bhiwandi in the wee hours of the morning on May 9. Some states are charging migrants for their train journeys, while some others had tried to bar them from going home. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A worker holding the Indian flag, catching a break on the Eastern Express Highway during his walk home to his village in Uttar Pradesh. The issue of migration has snowballed into a political one amid chaotic scenes from across the country. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

A worker holding the Indian flag, catching a break on the Eastern Express Highway during his walk home to his village in Uttar Pradesh. The issue of migration has snowballed into a political one amid chaotic scenes from across the country. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A migrant worker cycles home to Uttar Pradesh from Mumbai on May 9. Many workers do not possess documents needed to register for the trains; others simply do not want to wait any longer; and in still other cases, the trains themselves haven’t been approved by states that have to receive the migrant workers. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

A migrant worker cycles home to Uttar Pradesh from Mumbai on May 9. Many workers do not possess documents needed to register for the trains; others simply do not want to wait any longer; and in still other cases, the trains themselves haven’t been approved by states that have to receive the migrant workers. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A family walks well into the night from Ghatkopar towards their village in Uttar Pradesh on May 8. Many workers have been detained from trying to cross inter-state borders; some have tried to cross over through forests that span two states; others have tried to use boats to cross rivers. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

A family walks well into the night from Ghatkopar towards their village in Uttar Pradesh on May 8. Many workers have been detained from trying to cross inter-state borders; some have tried to cross over through forests that span two states; others have tried to use boats to cross rivers. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A migrant workers checks his phone in the night on the Eastern Express Highway between Thane and Bhiwandi in Mumbai. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

A migrant workers checks his phone in the night on the Eastern Express Highway between Thane and Bhiwandi in Mumbai. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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Despite the risks of navigating on railway tracks and highways, migrant workers are desperate to get home, largely because they have run out of all money in the cities to be able to live on. Here seen is a group of migrant workers catching a few blinks on the Eastern Express Highway in Mumbai on May 9, before they set out in the morning again. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

Updated on May 10, 2020 2:58 PM

Despite the risks of navigating on railway tracks and highways, migrant workers are desperate to get home, largely because they have run out of all money in the cities to be able to live on. Here seen is a group of migrant workers catching a few blinks on the Eastern Express Highway in Mumbai on May 9, before they set out in the morning again. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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