SHG Woman To Prepare 60 Thousand Cloth Masks For GHMC Sanitation Workers

Hyderabad, April 10 (Maxim News): Great Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has entrusted the work of stitching of cloth masks to women of Self Help Groups (SHGs).

The GHMC has decided to distribute reusable masks to the sanitation workers for their safety in view of COVID-19 pandemic. SHG woman have been provided training in stitching masks by Urban community development wing. 200 SHG woman are given the task to stitch cloth masks.

Maintaining social distancing team of three to four women were stitched around 20 thousand masks since April 8, 2020. SHG have promised to stitch 60 thousand masks in next two days.SHG woman expressed their happiness for being a part of the steps taken by the government to combat Covid-19 spread. GHMC to pay Rs 12/- per cloth mask costing about Rs7.2 lakh to SHG woman .

In view of the lockdown GHMC officials spoke to cloth merchants and supplied cloth to SHG woman for stitching cloth masks. These cloth masks will be distributed to all 20 thousand sanitation workers and also 2500 swachha auto drivers and their assistants at the rate of two masks each. GHMC is going to distribute these masks in addition to the masks given earlier. (Maxim News)