As the border town opens up, civil groups have appealed for strict vigilance on the incoming public from other districts to the state lest the place loses its COVID-free zone status.
As the town that once bustled with business activities wears a deserted look, the question of survival of the locals whose sole livelihood was border trade hangs heavy with no sign of the situation easing any time soon.
The PMGKAY free rice quota should be five kg per head as per government order but people of the town received only three kg from PMGKAY quota, the forum said.