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Locals in tribal belt in Gujarat revive barter system for survival

With movement restricted and government aid not sufficient, they have now started exchanging goods

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The tribal people in the 200-odd villages in the region are mostly engaged in farming, and travel to nearby cities during the monsoon to take up other jobs

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Non-essential shopping 

Despite the lockdown in place, the Delhi Police got a few shops opened in a popular south Delhi market this past weekend for some non-essential shopping. It was not indulgence that made them resort to this “violation”. It so happened that family members of some patients being treated in local hospitals, and some migrant workers who were trying to flee Delhi, had been lodged in one of the shelter homes close to the market. The problem was, most of those people did not have spare clothes and other hygiene products because they could either not afford them or did