AGARTALA, May 13 (TIWN): With the outbreak of COVID-19 and lockdown, buyers numbers have been drastically decreased in Tripura, placing a profit-loss situations for the businessmen.

In this situation, the small scale businessmen, specially hawkers, who earn like daily workers, have replaced their items with masks.

They have told media on Wednesday, only masks are being purchased by the buyers and thus, they are also focused to stock masks for the customers.

However, by masks selling, it is although not possible to run a family but still due to lockdown, like everyone, these businessmen are too at compromise with livelihood.