Essential items and vegetables are being delivered door-to-door during the nationwide lockdown in Bhutan. People who can pay can avail themselves of the service but it’s a different story with people from low-income backgrounds.

Phul Maya Subba works with Thimphu Thromde office and earns Nu 6,500 per month. Her husband, who used to work with a contruction company,  has lost his job.

Phul Maya’s family had dahl and rice for lunch today. “I have only rice, dahl, and oil which I bought on account from the thromde office after the lockdown.”

When the vegetable truck came, she could afford to buy only half a kilogram of tomato. “I am picking whatever little I have in my kitchen garden.”

Following the nationwide lockdown on August 11, suppliers of essential items across the country were overwhelmed by hundreds of phone calls. People complain about poor co-ordination and erratic supply of essential items.  Some people received essential items and vegetables only days after they placed their order.

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