Indian factories struggle to reopen after coronavirus lockdowns because of a lack of workers

As India lifts lockdown orders to fight Covid-19, factories across the nation are struggling to find workers after many migrant labourers fled urban areas during the pandemic. When a strict curfew went in place in March 2020, many migrant workers were suddenly jobless and were forced to leave the industrialised cities and return to their home states. Containment measures are being eased despite a surge in cases that has pushed India past Italy and Spain to become the fifth hardest-hit nation in…