<p>With road and rail traffic suspended due to a nation-wide lockdown to combat <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">coronavirus</a>, many people, including migrant workers, are stranded in the national capital without any means of sustenance.</p>.<p>Among those stuck in Delhi without any work is Suresh Chaudhary.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-news-live-updates-statewise-total-number-of-cases-deaths-statistics-lockdown-latest-news-817763.html#15" target="_blank"><b>Follow latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak here</b></a></p>.<p>"We have locked ourselves in a room as there is no work.... Our little savings are also drying. We don't know how long we can sustain ourselves, he said.</p>.<p>Chaudhary, who shares a room with five other workers, says, "I am stuck in a place which is worse than even jails. Even convicts in jail are getting better food, facilities than us. I am managing with whatever little money I have earned in the previous week."</p>.<p>Not just, Chaudhary, hundreds of migrants workers have been stranded in Delhi without any work or means for sustenance.</p>.<p>The lockdown, which came into force on Wednesday, has also hit people who need to return home for family urgency.</p>.<p><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-march-26-817719.html"><b>State-wise tally of coronavirus cases in India</b></a></p>.<p>Dev Pal, a resident of Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh, said he came to the national capital couple of days ago to see his ailing uncle.</p>.<p>"My uncle was unwell and I came here in east Delhi's Seemapuri area on Sunday to see him. Now, I got a call from Badaun that my mother is sick. I came out of my uncle's house and have been waiting for a bus at Apsara Border till Anand Vihar for the past one hour. A couple of buses have passed, but no one is willing to stop. I have to go to Badaun somehow," Pal said.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a complete lockdown of the entire country for 21 days in an unprecedented drastic measure to try halt the spread of coronavirus.</p>.<p>The number of coronavirus cases climbed to 649 in India on Thursday and the death toll rose to 13. </p>
<p>With road and rail traffic suspended due to a nation-wide lockdown to combat <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">coronavirus</a>, many people, including migrant workers, are stranded in the national capital without any means of sustenance.</p>.<p>Among those stuck in Delhi without any work is Suresh Chaudhary.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-news-live-updates-statewise-total-number-of-cases-deaths-statistics-lockdown-latest-news-817763.html#15" target="_blank"><b>Follow latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak here</b></a></p>.<p>"We have locked ourselves in a room as there is no work.... Our little savings are also drying. We don't know how long we can sustain ourselves, he said.</p>.<p>Chaudhary, who shares a room with five other workers, says, "I am stuck in a place which is worse than even jails. Even convicts in jail are getting better food, facilities than us. I am managing with whatever little money I have earned in the previous week."</p>.<p>Not just, Chaudhary, hundreds of migrants workers have been stranded in Delhi without any work or means for sustenance.</p>.<p>The lockdown, which came into force on Wednesday, has also hit people who need to return home for family urgency.</p>.<p><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-march-26-817719.html"><b>State-wise tally of coronavirus cases in India</b></a></p>.<p>Dev Pal, a resident of Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh, said he came to the national capital couple of days ago to see his ailing uncle.</p>.<p>"My uncle was unwell and I came here in east Delhi's Seemapuri area on Sunday to see him. Now, I got a call from Badaun that my mother is sick. I came out of my uncle's house and have been waiting for a bus at Apsara Border till Anand Vihar for the past one hour. A couple of buses have passed, but no one is willing to stop. I have to go to Badaun somehow," Pal said.</p>.<p>On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a complete lockdown of the entire country for 21 days in an unprecedented drastic measure to try halt the spread of coronavirus.</p>.<p>The number of coronavirus cases climbed to 649 in India on Thursday and the death toll rose to 13. </p>