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Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has urged the people to use the 'gamocha' (handmade cotton towel) if they are unable to get face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Deb said traditionally, people in Tripura used the 'gamocha' and now they can utilise it as alternative to the face masks, whose supply is short in markets. He said the government has asked all urban local bodies to set up kitchens for preparing cooked food and distributing it twice a day among the urban poor. “A reputed self-help group can be engaged for cooking, packaging and distributing packed foods to the urban poor families at their doorstep,” Deb said. “Besides the 5.86 lakh poor families, 50,000 people belonging to above poverty line would also get the free rations.”.