In March 2020, about 600 migrant workers lost their humble accommodations in Bengaluru. They had been living on government land in a settlement in Kacharakanahalli for the past 20 years. They had gone to their villages in the Kalaburagi district for a festival before the Covid-19-induced lockdown was announced. When they returned after some ease in the lockdown, they found their houses razed.
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