Sex workers at GB Road stare at a harrowing wait for the pandemic to end

Delhi | Thursday | 17th September, 2020

Summary:

Delhi's GB Road houses more than 1,200 sex workers, of which more than half the women have already left for their hometown. Most sex workers are scared to talk as they say the police harass them if they speak to the media. "I used to earn Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 per day, but it has come down to Rs 300 to Rs 400," she said. Most of the women come from West Bengal, Assam and Andhra Pradesh. As people try to revive their businesses, sex workers at GB Road sit in uncertainty, struggling with basic necessities and an unstable future..