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| COVID-19 control room active 24X7, Offic | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 30 (TIWN): Tripura Govt officials are in continuous strive in the control room to help the people are stuck in various situations and problems. The officials are inside, outside the control room to tackle the Corona-Virus pandemic led situation in state, which is affecting state’s own people who are stranded outside the state specially. Over 500 phone calls are being received in the day time in that control room and the control room officials are further contacting the stranded people calling them back, said a Govt official on Monday. The control room is active 24x7. Total 3 numbers are active : 241-2424, 241-3434, 231-5879. This control room is assisted by various Departments' officials including Medical staffs. Stranded people in other states are continuously being helped out with information, whereas those states are taking care of them but the expenditure is being carried by Govt of Tripura. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| ‘We will definitely solve 10323 te | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 30 (TIWN): Announcing 10323 teachers job tenures to be ended tomorrow under Supreme Court’s order, Tripura Law cum Education Minister Ratanlal Nath said that BJP led Tripura Govt will definitely solve the problems of 10323 teachers in legal way. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Judiciary ensures ‘Right to Liveli | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): Based on media reports, Tripura High Court has taken a sue moto step, ensuring ‘Right to Live’ of each citizen amid 21 days long unprecedented Lockdown which was necessitated due to massive outbreak of COVID-19 (Corona Virus). Infact 90% media had suppressed the news on Goyala Basti crisis under the headlines of "Stay Home" whereas few media still attempted to publish all news including starvation and distresses. However, after the news flashed in media including TIWN which published the news where humans to animals all are in half stomach in Goyala Basti as regular dealers stopped taking milks form them, now, High Court has directed West District Judiciaries to look after the matter. (Tripura High Court’s present Chief Justice is now Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi). | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Goyala Basti Crisis : SDM calls meeting | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): SDM Sadar Ashim Saha has called a meeting for milk sellers of Goyala Basti and Sweet shops as due to sudden lockdown, the sellers are unable to move with their products and people are no more buying milk. Also sweet shops are not buying milk as their sales are low and workers in leave due to lockdown. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Total 51 teachers among 10323 teachers a | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): Allegedly out of job tensions, at least 51 among 10323 teachers have died in Tripura with recently one Dilip Sarkar who died during lockdown. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| 10323 Teachers roaming doors to doors am | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): Tripura’s 10323 teachers who were promised by the BJP before election to get a secure livelihood, few BJP promised job continuation and few leaders promised reappointment are now roaming doors to doors like vagabonds but due to Corona-Virus outbreak and lockdown announcement, the teachers could not meet the Education Director today. The 10323 teachers said that they will go to school from April 1st and hoping that Govt will not stop them. The teachers were terminated by High Court and Supreme Court due to irregularities in the recruitment process but on that time when the Left was in power, BJP sought 10323 teachers sympathy and promised to solve their problems permanently, giving them total justice. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Poor people attempt to go out amid Lockd | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): Amid lockdowns and awarenesses, the poor people are trying to move out of homes. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 Lockdown : Supreme Court seeks | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 30 (TIWN): The Supreme Court on Monday sought a status report from the Centre by Tuesday on the measures taken in view of the large-scale migration of labourers from cities to their native villages amid the coronavirus outbreak and the consequent lockdown across the country. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Lockdown Day-5 : Punishment given to law | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): The reasonless gatherers have been punished today in Agartala by police on spot instead of doing lathicharge or displaying any violence. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Good samaritans come to the rescue of ne | Agartala, Mar 30 (TIWN): While scientists, doctors, health workers, senior officials are busy fighting the novel COVID-19, a small trader, a poverty stricken woman and two sisters in Tripura donned the hats of good samaritans to help those struggling to meet their basic needs amid the lockdown. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Railways on track to ensure essential it | New Delhi, March 30 (TIWN) The Indian Railways is working round the clock to ensure supply of essential items during the nationwide lockdown, announced to combat the coronavirus infection. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Spring’s biggest festival Basanti | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): The biggest festival of the spring season Basanti Durga puja to be observed isolated without devotees presence this year. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| House to house vegetables selling goes o | AGARTALA, March 30 (TIWN): To promote social distancing practically, Govt of Tripura has inspired the moving vegetable carts to control the COVID-19 pandemic ins state. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Tripura sought 20 ventilators from Centr | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 30 (TIWN): One of the Northeast states in India, Tripura is giving tough fight to Corona-Virus amid nationwide pandemic and increasing infections. According to the last Govt Dept brief, Centre so far has only fulfilled 20% of the demands, whereas, no update was received after yesterday’s cargo flight’s landing in state. Reportedly, Tripura has demanded 20 ventilators from centre in preparedness to the deadly disease, although no positive case was reported so far. Amid limited equipment, Health workers are striving to keep the state infection free along with help from administration. So far no positive case was reported in COVID-19. Tripura Health Secretary Dr. Debasish Basu in routine evening briefing before media (on March 28) said that total 88 tests till now were done, all found with negative on COVID-19. Addressing media at Secretariat, Basu said, “In Tripura total 5316 passengers under Surveillance, Institutional Quarantine 49, Home Quarantine 5267 persons in Tripura COVID-19 pandemic whereas till today total 88 tests were done and all were found negativeâ€. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Over 4,000 Cooked Food Packets distribut | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 29 (TIWN): Urban Development Dept Director, AMC Commissioner Sailesh Yadav on Sunday while interacting media said, “Total 4,082 food packets have been distributed across state’s urban areas on yesterday and the number likely to be increased. In Ranir Bazar rations are given for 7 days and in similar ways various projects are going on, but survey found that 1200 people are there who are actually immigrants from Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand like states. They are not getting any work and thus possibility of starvation are high there but I think if we serve them dry foods then they can cook. If Govt permits, we will start it from tomorrowâ€. He further said, “In Airport terminal construction over 500 workers are left workless. Now we are giving them cooked food but dry food will be better for them which they can cook by themselvesâ€. Workers from West Bengal who are maximum hawkers by profession came to Tripura, stuck in nationwide lockdown, starving now. Today a complaint was given to local Amtali Police station. Getting informed, local police rushed to them and helped them with rice items. The workers broke down in tears as they are starving, alone here, leaving family far. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| AMC Commissioner assured preparedness, i | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Urban Development Dept Director, AMC Commissioner Sailesh Yadav said on Sunday that his team has identified over 1200 construction workers in urban bodies who are from other states but stuck in Tripura due to lockdown followed by COVID-19 pandemic and they are in starvation risks as no construction work is going on. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| West Bengal workers stuck in Tripura sou | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Workers from West Bengal who are maximum hawkers by profession came to Tripura, stuck in nationwide lockdown, starving now. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 : Man arrested in Tripura for s | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Amid COVID-19 tension, a person was arrested in Agartala by AD Nagar Police for spreading fake information about the disease’s outbreak in social media on Sunday. The arrested man has been identified as Abhishek Dhar, resident of Agartala, reportedly was spreading fake information desperately for many days. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Amtali Police (Agartala) distributed fre | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Amtali Police station officials have bought rice to the local poor from their own salaries. Among them West Bengal workers were mainly helped who are stuck in Tripura since lockdown. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Carts chugged to supply house to house v | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): To promote social distancing practically, Govt of Tripura has inspired the moving vegetable carts to control the COVID-19 pandemic in state. Few have used bicycle instead of cart. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Tripura students stuck in Bengal request | AGARTALA / KOLKATA, March 29 (TIWN): The unprecedented lockdown without prior announcement has created havoc across the country India and people are stuck in various states, unable to come out. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 Lockdown : Poor people in distr | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 29 (TIWN): Amid massive contributions in Chief Minister’s relief funds, Tripura Govt has failed to announce yet any strong economic package yet which immediately could solve the problems of the poor. On Day-5, the crisis reports across state are coming out as amid ‘lathi-charge’ and ‘corona-virus’ disease fears, poor people are coming out of homes. Till now, Delhi, Kerala models have remained best for India with Delhi CM announced Rs. 5,000 allocation on immediate base with 2 times meals to each Delhi people. From rickshaw driver to milk sellers, all are coming out of home amid risks but no profit are seen. On being asked by media, maximum poor people said, no cash yet came to them and also various facilities which were promised yet to be started. Thus, it has become impossible for poor to spend days who live by daily wages, just like on Saturday TIWN reported how Goyala Basti people and animals are starving in lockdown. Opposition alleged, it is happening because Govt of India had no preparedness to fight COVID along with fighting the poverty of India. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Police, NGOs continues good works amid C | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Amtali Police station officials have bought rice to the local poor from their own salaries. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Class-8 student murdered in Tripura | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): One more murder incident has horrified the state Tripura amid lockdown. This time a 15 years old boy Dhananjoy Tripura was mercilessly murdered who was a student of Class-VIII. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Tripura has 65 days rice stocks, crisis | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Tripura has stocks of 65 day's rice and wheat, 32 day's sugar, 26 day's salt, moosoor daal of 12 days. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| 24 persons died in India in Coronavirus | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 29 (TIWN): The coronavirus pandemic which has claimed over 26,000 lives and infected at least 5,75,000 people across 201 countries, according to the WHO has killed 24 persons in India, infecting over 987 persons total. Fresh reports say, in India, Covid-19 has claimed 24 lives and infected as many as 987 people, according to data from the Health Ministry and State governments. Of this, over 880 cases are active. The coronavirus has claimed over 26,000 lives and infected at least 5,75,000 people across 201 countries, according to the WHO. The outbreak has been particularly grim in the U.S., Italy and Spain, apart from China, where it originated in December 2019. A 39-year-old man, who had walked almost 200 kilometers from Delhi to reach his home in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, collapsed and died in Agra on Saturday. The man, identified as Ranveer Singh, worked as home delivery boy for a private restaurant in the national capital. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Other states' workers seek Govt's help | AGARTALA, March 29 (TIWN): Workers from West Bengal who are maximum hawkers by profession came to Tripura, stuck in nationwide lockdown, starving now. Today a complaint was given to local Amtali Police station. Getting informed, local police rushed to them and helped them with rice items. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Northeast battles COVID-19 : Tripura wri | GUWAHATI / AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): The northeastern states battled with issues of curbing the novel coronavirus pandemic while maintaining a non-stop supply of essentials, vegetables and medical necessities, all for which the region is largely reliant on the rest of India. Because of its central location, food grains and vital essential commodities first reach Assam by train or by road before being ferried to the neighbouring six states - Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. An official of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said that even though they are operating their freight trains as much as possible in the northeast but there are problems of loading and unloading of various commodities and cargos as the availability of workers become a difficulty in view of the lockdown and maintaining of social distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Northeast states battle to curb Covid-19 | Guwahati/Agartala, March 29 (TIWN) The northeastern states battled with issues of curbing the novel coronavirus pandemic while maintaining a non-stop supply of essentials, vegetables and medical necessities, all for which the region is largely reliant on the rest of India. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Tripura Bureaucracy swung into action to | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 28 (TIWN): Tripura bureaucracy led by Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar, Health Secretary Debashis Basu, AMC Commissioner Shailesh Yadav to other IAS, TCS officials swung into action to maintain essential services supply into Tripura. So far Central Govt has filled up 20% of the demands sent by state Tripura bureaucrats. To control the COVID-19 emergency situations, State Govt's experienced officials are so far performing in much mature ways by proving administrative skills, giving regular updates to state including free food distribution by setting up kitchens amid state’s limited funds and central govt led massive pending amounts including Rs. 73 crores of MGNREGA wages. Tripura Health Secretary Dr. Debasish Basu in routine evening briefing before media said, “Total N95 masks for Health Workers 7,431, Triple layer masks 33,056, PPE kits total 539 are available now. So, around 20% of the demand of Tripura Govt is fulfilled by Centre. We have also demanded total 20 ventilators.Now we have stocks of 65 day's rice and wheat, 32 day's sugar, 26 day's salt, moosoor daal of 12 days. We are trying to mitigate the gaps. Hope, no crisis will happen with food itemsâ€. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| 5316 passengers under Surveillance,Insti | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 28 (TIWN): Tripura Health Secretary Dr. Debasish Basu in routine evening briefing before media said that total 88 tests till now were done, all found with negative on COVID-19. Addressing media at Secretariat, Basu said, “In Tripura total 5316 passengers under Surveillance, Institutional Quarantine 49, Home Quarantine 5267 persons in Tripura COVID-19 pandemic whereas till today total 88 tests were done and all were found negativeâ€. Talking about the masks availability, Basu said, “Total N95 masks for Health Workers 7,431, Triple layer masks 33,056, PPE kits total 539 are available now. So, around 20% of the demand of Tripura Govt is fulfilled by Centre. We have also demanded total 20 ventilators.Now we have stocks of 65 day's rice and wheat, 32 day's sugar, 26 day's salt, moosoor daal of 12 days. We are trying to mitigate the gaps. Hope, no crisis will happen with food itemsâ€.“900 food packets were distributed today to homeless, daily workers and in night 1000 will be distributedâ€, said Debasish Basu. Another high Govt official said that now Govt is trying to think more deeply about the rural situations also. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Lockdown : 48 persons from Tripura are s | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 28 (TIWN): At least 48 persons are stuck in Agra from Tripura who visited there as tourist before few days of nationwide lockdown. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Air India Cargo flight landed with Essen | AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Air India Cargo flight has landed with Essential Commodities in Agartala Airport today. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| PAWSOME NGO feeds over 200 street Dogs d | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, March 28 (TIWN): PAWSOME NGO is feeding over 200 street dogs in Agartala on daily basis as country is undergoing unprecedented lockdown due to sudden outbreak of COVID-19 which has claimed over 21,000 lives globally and caused 19 deaths in India affecting more than 800 people. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Tripura observes Lockdown on Day 4 | AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Northeast state Tripura is observing lockdown on Day-4. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Tripura CPI-M MP Jharna Das donates Rs. | AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Tripura CPI-M MP to Rajya Sabha Jharna Das has donated Rs. 1 crore from her MP fund to state’s Health Dept to jointly fight Corona-Virus deadly disease. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Lockdown effect: NGOs in N-E begin drive | Guwahati/Agartala, March 28 (TIWN) Several NGOs in northeastern states have come forward to feed the stray animals, specialy dogs, cows and monkeys, who are facing starvation due to the countrywide lockdown following coronavirus. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 : Tripura CM’s relief fu | AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Although Govt has not declared how much donation was received but sources informed that the relief fund to be sufficient soon as public are contributing massively there to fight COVID-19. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| ‘Use proper masks’, said Tr | AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): ‘To fight COVID-19, one should use proper mask’, such has been stated by BJP State President in Tripura Dr. Manik Saha. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Starvation in ‘Goyala Basti†| AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Densely populated slum area in Agartala which is mainly resided by Bihari by profession serving milk to the Agartala city, now reels under massive starvation and the situation is turning more struggling as the cattle are living half-stomach. Extreme poverty, which is leading starvation in Goyala Basti in Agartala due to lockdown as regular customers have cancelled their monthly milk-purchasing deals unprecedented. The Golayas (Chowmen) alleged, without any clue given before, all the regular customers have rejected to buy milk asking them not to enter their home from now and to stay at home. This problem erupted even after Chief Minister Biplab Deb advised people to be more sympathetic to the poor people, when milk is an essential commodity. The Goyala Basti sellers are bound to sale milk at Rs. 10 but then also no customer is available. Govt although arranged two times meals for urban homeless, daily workers and no ban on food items, but the people there are now suffering in moneyless condition along with animals' health are too being fallen. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Dr Manik Saha's advise on wearing proper | Agartala, March 28 (TIWN): Tripura BJP President Dr Manik Saha's correct medical advise to people to wear proper masks to face COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp contrast of Chief Minister Biplab Deb's yesterday's advise on using 'Jal-Gamocha'. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 : Around 800 Cooked Food item p | AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Around 800 packets of cooked food packets have been distributed in the Urban bodies in Tripura, said a Govt official. The number may be increased according to the needs as Govt has identified that there are lots of Bihari workers working in Agartala. On Friday while briefing, Debasish Basu, Food & Civil Supplies Dept Secretary said that among the major decisions, it was said that around 5.76 lakhs of beneficiaries who are protected under National Food Security Act will be provided with 3 months of free ration. “This month, we already announced a state govt project for them whereas both the decisions will benefit the people. Those who are under Ujjwala Yojna in 3 months, 3 gas cylinders will be given to them at free of cost. They will be given 1 kilo of mosoor dal. Our state has all products except mosoor daal which has only 5 days stock but hoping we will coverup the gap soon. Ration-shops are given with April month’s items. Ration shops are opened already and thus there should not be any problem muchâ€, said Basu. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| Resentment erupted as Tripura Govt has n | AGARTALA, March 28 (TIWN): Resentment hits 10323 teachers as from Tripura Govt side nothing was done yet on urgent basis for the 10323 teachers’ livelihood. Report said, Tripura Govt did not appeal to extend 10323 teachers jobs after 31st March. According to news report on the ad-hoc extension, Court has not said anything neither from Govt side, anything was appealed. After 31st March, the jobs of 10323 teachers will not exist. Although in Assembly, Education Minister Ratanlal Nath promised to appeal in Supreme Court for 10323 teachers’ ad-hoc extension but practically nothing was done, said a local newspaper.On March 24, Supreme Court led terminated Tripura’s 10323 teachers’ had demanded 3 months extension permission from the Supreme Court as due to Corona-Virus outbreak everything is at halt. | 28-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 : Around 5.76 lakhs beneficiari | AGARTALA, March 27 (TIWN): To fight Corona-Virus crisis situations, Central and State Govts are taking initiatives to end the food crisis situation, prevent starvation and everyday thus meetings and then press briefing are being given for clarifications. Addressing media, Debasish Basu, Food & Civil Supplies Dept Secretary said that among the major decisions, it was said that around 5.76 lakhs of beneficiaries who are protected under National Food Security Act will be provided with 3 months of free ration. “This month, we already announced a state govt project for them whereas both the decisions will benefit the people. Those who are under Ujjwala Yojna in 3 months, 3 gas cylinders will be given to them at free of cost. They will be given 1 kilo of mosoor dal. Our state has all products except mosoor daal which has only 5 days stock but hoping we will coverup the gap soon. Ration-shops are given with April month’s items. Ration shops are opened already and thus there should not be any problem muchâ€, said Basu.Food packets around 800 were distributed in urban bodies and Govt will expand the distribution. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 : Tripura CM urged public to us | AGARTALA, March 27 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has appealed to the masses to carry one Jal-Gamcha, if a person does not have mask amid massive Corona-Virus outbreak globally which has claimed already over 21,000 lives and 13 lives in India. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| Tripura village erects 'lockdown barrica | Agartala, Mar 27 (TIWN) At the entrance of their tiny village in Tripura, people have put up a barricade and pasted a notice on it declaring that no one will be allowed to enter without washing his or her hands with soap and water. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| ‘Public have taken Lockdown sponta | AGARTALA, March 27 (TIWN): Tripura people have taken the Lockdown very spontaneously and on Day-3 of the Lockdown the situation remained peaceful, stated a police officer. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| West Tripura DM launches COVID-19 WhatsA | AGARTALA, March 27 (TWN): West District Control Room Helpdesk WhatsApp helpdesk is given +91 6033241200 | 27-Mar-2020 |
| ‘We are also Staying in Home as mu | AGARTALA, March 27 (TIWN): With the continuous mass-gathering across the state amid lockdown protocols, journalists in Agartala have appealed the masses to stay at home as much as they can, saying, even they are also trying to stay at home as much as they can. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| Local body polls in NE India put off ind | Agartala/Guwahati, March 27 (TIWN) Various polls to the autonomous and local bodies in several northeastern region have been postponed indefinitely due to the situation arising out of the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of novel coronavirus, officials said on Friday. | 27-Mar-2020 |