SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM), Kashmir has manufactured 2.82 lakh face masks by roping in Women Self Help Groups of Kashmir Division to help the administration in combating the spread of contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.
More than 2.82 lakh face masks have been produced by members of these Self Help Groups in just last eleven days and handed over them to the respective administrations.
Additional Mission Director, Kashmir, JKRLM Sajid Yehaya Naqash while praising the role of SHGs said that as the threat of novel coronavirus continues to loom over the globe, wearing face masks has become compulsory in public places.
“In this endeavour these SHG members have emerged as community warriors who worked day in and day out tirelessly to fight against the COVID-19 in close association with administration,” he added.
