We have exhausted almost all our savings. What do we do now? Who will give us ration?” ask sex workers in Vasai, whose livelihood has been snatched by the pandemic-induced curbs.

Several sex workers are seen at Vasai railway station, taxi stand and on the skywalk, looking for customers. Most of them are from West Bengal and Odisha. “The pandemic-induced curbs have left us in the lurch. We have not been able to earn anything,” said a 23-year-old woman. A 35-year-old woman from Kolkata said, “My husband married another woman and left me. My two kids are living with my brother.