ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): In the wake of growing COVID-19 cases in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, many migrant workers who are stuck in the region are making desperate appeals to the authorities for food and transportation. Musharraf Shareef, a worker from the eastern Indian state of Bihar is stuck in Srinagar, the main city of the region, with a group of over seven people who have no food and money, and are fending for themselves, Kashmir Media Service reported. Shareef is among many other migrant workers stuck in the region after a lockdown was announced by the government in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. “We earn from our day labor and then eat. When you do not have any means of income due to the lockdown, it is hard to survive in such conditions. “Before coronavirus, it is the hunger which will kill us,” Shareef told media. Although the government in the region on Sunday started a helpline to provide help and assistance to these workers, many of these are still unable to make a call as their phones have become defunct. “We can’t make a call from our phones now, we have no recharge. Only a small … Continue reading Poor conditions in IOK due to COVID-19