Residents of a village named “Korauna” face discrimination because of its name!

March 30: Residents of `Korauna` village in Uttar Pradesh`s Sitapur district say that they have been facing discrimination ever since the outbreak of the highly contagious virus, which has wreaked havoc in countries across the world. Located about 90 kilometres from Lucknow, the village and its residents have become the object of ridicule by outsiders and all because of its name – Korauna – that sounds similar to the deadly virus corona.

“No one is willing to come out; people are terrified in our village. When we tell people we are from Korauna, they avoid us. They don`t understand that it`s a village, not someone infected with the virus,” said one of the residents of the village. He further added that people are so scared that they don`t even want to answer telephone calls.

The village, located in the Misrikh tehsil, has a population of about 9,000 people and the village also has a government primary school and other amenities. In fact, it is one of the better-developed villages in the state. Incidentally, Korauna is still protected from coronavirus as no positive cases has yet reported from this village.

The country is under a three-week lockdown to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, which according to the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs has infected over 1000 people in India so far.