Cannot wrap my head around the astonishing levels of botched planning. Enforce a lockdown. Ask everyone to remain within laxman rekha. Give the poor, who have abruptly lost livelihoods and food, no reason to stay put. 1/n
Cancel buses and trains. When they set off by foot, stall their progress, if needed with lathis. As the bad press mounts, announce a welfare package midway through the exodus. Restore bus services to transport them back to villages. 2/n
If the idea was for everyone to remain in place, then a concrete plan that ensured security of income, food, shelter needed to be announced *before or at the same time as* the lockdown announcement. 3/n #chronology
