Members of North Tripura Bagpasa Holy Cross provided food to the stranded truck drivers in the Assam- Agartala road.

Talking to media, a member of Bagpasa Holy Cross said, “At this time of the crisis, we have come forward and extended our bare minimum help to the stranded truck drivers.”

‘We provided food and water to the hundreds of stranded truck drivers,” the member added.

Hand sanitizers were also provided to the truck drivers.

In another incident, North Tripura district police distributed a huge amount of ration to the needy people at Baruakandi High School, Tapihum High school, and Noagang market.

Apart from the ration, face masks, hand soaps and other essentials were also distributed to the people.

The lockdown protocols like social distancing were maintained while the items were distributed.

Panna Ghosh is Northeast Now Correspondent in Dharmanagar in Tripura. He can be reached at: [email protected]