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Migrant workers marching home on foot to different parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and other states from Hyderabad are stopped by Hyderabad Police. Hundreds are left stranded on the highway with no explaination of why they are stopped by police. Police later explain they are detained for 'violating curfew' during Corona Lockdown. The migrant workers share their ordeal of not getting paid properly and the sudden lockdown which left them defenseless financially and forcing them to march for hundreds of kilometers on foot. Two months of no work and no pay and the extension of lockdown forced thousands in India to march home during which some of them lost their lives. Police are making them choose between spending a night at a municipal hall or walking towards the main highway. The migrant
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