<p>Activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday extended her fast by 48 hours, while seeking immediate solution to the problems faced by migrant workers due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Madhya Pradesh.</p>.<p>In a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the activist, who has been fasting since Monday morning, also opposed the state's decision to open liquor shops at a time when economic activities had been suspended and people were rendered jobless.</p>.<p>Patkar, who started her fast at Segwal on Agra- Mumbai National Highway in Barwani district on Monday morning, extended it for 48 hours, citing that the state government had not taken any action to help migrant labourers.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-news-updates-total-COVID-19-cases-deaths-India-lockdown-mumbai-bengaluru-delhi-ahmedabad-kolkata-maharashtra-karnataka-red-orange-zone-832551.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader alleged that district officers had claimed that they did not have funds available with them.</p>.<p>"We are concerned about funds that were collected in the name of PM-CARES and Disaster Management. Where was the financial crunch when industrialists were given exemptions worth Rs 68,000 crore?" she alleged.</p>.<p>It was the Centre and the state government's constitutional responsibility to let workers live a dignified life and not push them to the brink of death, Patkar stated in the letter to the Chief Minister.</p>.<p>The activist demanded that the state government should make immediate arrangements to transport migrant workers, who were trying to get back to their home states. </p>
<p>Activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday extended her fast by 48 hours, while seeking immediate solution to the problems faced by migrant workers due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Madhya Pradesh.</p>.<p>In a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the activist, who has been fasting since Monday morning, also opposed the state's decision to open liquor shops at a time when economic activities had been suspended and people were rendered jobless.</p>.<p>Patkar, who started her fast at Segwal on Agra- Mumbai National Highway in Barwani district on Monday morning, extended it for 48 hours, citing that the state government had not taken any action to help migrant labourers.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-news-updates-total-COVID-19-cases-deaths-India-lockdown-mumbai-bengaluru-delhi-ahmedabad-kolkata-maharashtra-karnataka-red-orange-zone-832551.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader alleged that district officers had claimed that they did not have funds available with them.</p>.<p>"We are concerned about funds that were collected in the name of PM-CARES and Disaster Management. Where was the financial crunch when industrialists were given exemptions worth Rs 68,000 crore?" she alleged.</p>.<p>It was the Centre and the state government's constitutional responsibility to let workers live a dignified life and not push them to the brink of death, Patkar stated in the letter to the Chief Minister.</p>.<p>The activist demanded that the state government should make immediate arrangements to transport migrant workers, who were trying to get back to their home states. </p>