Works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) started again in the villages of Rajasthan after novel coronavirus pandemic.
In this footage, Labourers work in the scorching heat at a site in a rural area near Beawar. They sit under tagaris (a pan to carry loads like soil) to protect themselves against the scorching sun during lunch time, with maintain government guideline during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Rajasthan recorded engagement of over 130.74 lakh labourers in MNREGA works on Monday. MGNREGA is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.
India's prolonged and devastating wave of Covid-19 infections was gripped cities and overwhelmed urban health resources, but it was also reached deep into rural India, where the true extent of devastation is unknown because of the lack of widespread testing or reliable data. (Credit: Sumit Saraswat)