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NEW DELHI: An isolation ward in each village for migrants , fermented fish with masoor dal and rice to all, a Swachhta Kit with hand sanitisers, soaps and masks to most backward Musahars and an online portal to monitor all outsiders coming to villages. Here are some of the best practices that are transforming Indian villages while battling Covid-19 It has set up isolation wards to treat migrants in each gram panchayat and is distributing masks to all villagers.It is distributing Swachhta Kits, each with 3 triple-layered masks, 2 antiseptic soaps & a sanitiser bottle to most backward Musahars and Vantangiya. A special online portal is identifying all who have come from outside state and abroad after March 15. Not just that entries are being made village-wise and updated by each block.Panchayat bhavans and schools are being used as isolation wards. And tracking of all safai karmcharis fogging vulnerable areas is through Google Docs monitoring system.Here Anganwadi workers are supplying essentials to villagers.It has seen shifting of local markets to football and cricket fields to maintain social distancing.Self-help groups (SHGs) & ward members are used for making sanitisers and masks and special sanitation and social distancing campaigns are being run by them in villages.As many as1200 worksites under PMGSY are used as temporary shelters for migrant labourers with facilities of food, drinking water and sanitation.It is using community vehicles to sell vegetables, fish, fruits procured from SHGs in villages.It has assigned duty to teachers/ patwari/ward panch/sarpanch/ration dealer to regularly monitor activities of quarantined people at each gram panchayat. Also, home quarantine mandatory for anyone travelling from outside the district with thermal screening facility at each village.