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Australians trapped in India’s coronavirus lockdown fear running out of food and water
Thousands of Australians caught up in India’s sweeping lockdown are pleading for government help to get home
Thousands of Australians caught by India’s dramatic nationwide shutdown say they face running out of food and water or being evicted from accommodation, as 1.3 billion people across world’s second-most populous nation are ordered to stay indoors.
One state leader, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, warned if the lockdown was not obeyed, he would order police to shoot-on-sight those who went outside.