On 24 March 2020 when an all India lockdown was declared by the Prime Minister with only a four-hour notice, as a necessary step to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus in India the section of Indian people that was hit the hardest about their location and livelihood was the migrant labour.

This is a research tool developed by Shri Rajesh Mahapatra, Journalist-cum- social activist for survey of Panchayats and the Migrant labour.