85% Daily Wage Workers Hit By Lockdown In Ahmedabad

According to a survey done by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, at least 85 per cent of daily wage workers have lost their regular income in Ahmedabad due to lockdown. The IIM-A conducted the survey among 500 households in the city that earned less than 19,500 per month, according to a PTI report. The survey found that about 54 per cent of the 500 families said they had to cut down from three meals to two meals a day, while 60 per cent revealed that they did not have enough food rations to survive the lockdown.