Women pitch in to contribute their bit

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 30

Several women in the Krishna Nagar area on Tarn Taran Road have been contributing their bit in the united fight against novel coronavirus that has claimed thousands of lives across the globe. They are preparing special face masks with transparent screen fitted to see across and are distributing at free of cost to people.

Harjit Kaur, a local resident, said they had been preparing the masks for the past two weeks. She said she had around seven women living the neighbourhood who have joined hands for the purpose. She said while the cloth was donated by someone, they were also contributing from their own pocket for getting raw material.

“We know that in order to defeat the deadly virus everybody in the society have to join hands. Besides, abide by the government guidelines on social distancing, the people should also take precautions like washing hands and wearing masks,” she pointed out. Another resident Balwinder Kaur said they thought of manufacturing masks as they learned that there was shortage of the same. She said they were now getting demands from several organisations for the same. She said the demand for masks from orphanage centres, Pingalwara, blind school, besides police stations had gone up exponentially after restrictions came into place to contain the spread of the virus. She said they were making around 250 masks daily.

It is evident to mention here that women in the rural belt have also come forward and making masks for the people. The Punjab has also seen a spurt in the Covid-19 cases after devotees from Nanded Sahib landed here and they are being examined by the Health Department.