Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the country-wide lockdown, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government came to the rescue of 29 students from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, who had come to the College of Agriculture in Udgir, Latur for training.

The youth left home after the lockdown was imposed, but were stranded midway as there were no passenger transport vehicles and they began walking the 600-700km to their homes. After walking for over 60km, they reached Nanded district on March 30, but by then, the districts were sealed.