Rural India Less Prepared For Contagion
Business Standard|March 23, 2020
Cutting offtrain travel may help rural areas cope better; most people feel hospitalisation Is a financial blow
Sachin P Mampatta
Rural India Less Prepared For Contagion

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal’s announcement on stopping even long- distance train services, barring goods trains, may come as a boon for rural areas.

The people, reportedly rushing back after governments began shutting down major cities, may well be heading to regions more vulnerable to the pandemic. PN Many are said to be returning to their families in PANDEMIC rural India.

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