Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown created a terrible global crises and issues with respect to the social (behavior, health, political etc) and economic dimensions. Every individual in world-wide suffered with the health issues which is the biggest concern, but in the mean while, lack of the other primary essentials like foods and jobs were the another main issues particularly faced by the migrated labours living the jhuggis or slums. To combat the disease, the Government of India imposed a lockdown in most districts of the 22 States and Union Territories where confirmed cases were reported from March 24, 2020 onwards. However, this view is now being contested, as recently numbers of COVID19 cases have surged. In this brief review, the objective of this paper is to discuss the impact of the lockdown in response to the COVID 19 pandemic on health, social and economy of the migrated working labours dwelling in the jhuggis in Himachal Pradesh, India.