Zomawii Hrashel is one of very few bakers in Mizoram who have not closed shop after the lockdown. “If the more fortunate among us do not help others during such times, who will?” she said. Far away at Seppa, in Arunachal Pradesh, Dumsap Dada has waived off a month’s rent for 13 shopkeepers in two shopping complexes she owns. Part of this land had been used for an election rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. “We now have to think of ways of streamlining the process of providing adequate supplies to the people.

Source: The Hindu March 29, 2020 17:53 UTC