The recent exodus of migrant workers that we witnessed in the initial days of the lockdown is closely linked to land and property rights. A majority of the rural population is still landless, can anybody hope to empower citizens without land, property and safe housing?

What compelled such large number of people to migrate to the cities in the first place?

Ashif Shaikh, founder of Jan Sahas a community-based organisation, founded in 2000 to protect human rights of socially excluded communities talks about his work on land and property rights for the rural masses.

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