Cops don new role, stitch face masks at Sec 26 Police Lines

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 15

In a bid to cater to the rising need for face masks, the UT police have set up a makeshift mask manufacturing unit.

The masks are being made at the Police Lines, Sector 26, and these are being provided to the police force.

Police personnel, who know stitching, have been pressed into the job of preparing the masks.

UT SSP Nilambari Jagdale said between 200 and 300 masks were being stitched everyday. “Preparing masks on our own helps us in providing sufficient number of masks to police personnel as they need to change these frequently,” the SSP said.

The SSP said every police personnel was provided with two masks. However, after washing these daily, the masks got worn out after a few days following which more masks were required.

Inmates of Burail Jail are already making face masks and have supplied over 15,000 masks to various government departments and private organisations since the lockdown.

According to jail officials, the inmates are working overtime and manufacturing between 1,300 and 1,500 masks everyday.