Cities will not be the same post lockdown  

The coronavirus  pandemic has jolted life across the globe catastrophically

India too suffers unprecedentedly due to the impact of virus on life and living

Life is locked under harsh restrictions and everyone wants the lockdown to end

But life will not be the same after the lockdown ends, the cities will see a drastic change

Millions of migrants who once contributed to the lifelines of the cities will be missing

Migrant workers were forced to leave the cities for their homes as sudden lockdown left them jobless

Now the employers that let them go may need to offer big incentives to lure them back.

Workers who returned to villages are now weighing whether to return at the end of the lockdown

Companies are already reporting labour shortages at ports and factories

Automobile makers, are discussing potential labour shortages after India lifts its lockdown

Jewellers, India’s second-largest export sector, see production suffering for at least two months

Real estate developers predict more incomplete apartments and office buildings

All these could ripple through the financial sector in the coming year as a surge in defaults

Companies such as Jindal Steel Ltd. are facing a shortage of crane operators at ports.

Apart from skilled and trained labour, cleaning, supply chains and

domestic help will also see shortages

Experts fear that the labour shortages could persist for as long as six months

About 20% of India’s workforce comprises migrants journeying from another state

The unprecedented hardship faced by migrant workers due yo Covid-19 might result in fear psychosis

Sudden lockdown denied as many as 100 million workers the chance to collect their pay

This triggered the biggest forced migration since the partition of India in 1947.

Labour shortages seems to be the biggest challenge in restarting the economy