Stranded by virus lockdown, India migrant workers walk home

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Thousands of migrant workers are walking long distances in India to get back to their home villages after all transport was stopped except for essential services as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak, which has infected more than 700 people.

Huge numbers had crammed onto trains and buses before the country of 1.3 billion people ground to a halt for three weeks, but many others were left stranded.

Now they are trying to get home any way they can, often on foot, with little money or food, and eateries and guesthouses closed along the way.

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