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With the regular vegetable market at Chator Para in Tehatta village shut due to the Covid-19 lockdown, a temporary market, open from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., has come up in an open field in the Dutta Para area of this village in Nadia district of West Bengal. The village is located in Tehatta Block I, declared a ‘hotspot’ in April by the West Bengal government. Images from a market day:

Lockdown leads to makeshift market in Tehatta

ലോക്ക്‌ഡൗണിൽ തെഹട്ടയിൽ ആരംഭിച്ച താത്കാലിക വിപണി

লকডাউনের ফলে তেহট্টে গড়ে উঠল অস্থায়ী বাজার

ಲಾಕ್ ಡೌನ್ ನಿಂದಾಗಿ ತೆಹಟ್ಟಾದಲ್ಲಿ ತಲೆ ಎತ್ತಿದ ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ

তলাবন্ধত তেহাট্টাত গঢ়ি উঠিছে অস্থায়ী বজাৰ

टाळेबंदीतली तेहत्ताची तात्पुरती मंडई

લોકડાઉનને પરિણામે તેહટ્ટામાં ઊભું થયું કામચલાઉ બજાર

ஊரடங்கு காரணமாக தெகட்டாவிற்கு மாற்றப்பட்ட தற்காலிக சந்தை

लॉकडाउन के कारण तेहट्टा में अस्थायी बाज़ार

لاک ڈاؤن کے سبب تیہٹہ میں عارضی بازار

ତାଲାବନ୍ଦ ପାଇଁ ତେହତ୍ତାରେ ବସୁଛି ଅସ୍ଥାୟୀ ବଜାର

Tehatta

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Lockdown leads to makeshift market in Tehatta

People in ‘hotspots’ have adapted to lockdown-driven closures of the bazaars they depend on. In West Bengal’s Nadia district, vendors have created a temporary market selling vegetables and other fresh produce

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