In this viral video received over Social Media, residents of City of Surat are seen leaving the city for the long term.
They are carrying almost their entire household with them including their beds and even their two wheel vehicles.
This has become a regular sight in the city as the residents fight on two fronts, Corona Virus spread and the economic down turn due to lock downs. Most of the industry is shut. Surat, once a diamond polishing center has seen the labor force leave for their native lands and thus the two major industries, cloth and diamond have been hit hard by vanishing labor and the onslaught of taxes via a failed GST regime.
Indian economy is well on its way to contracting by 4.5% as predicted by the World Bank.