<span style="color: #222222;">After government has relaxed the agricultural activities during the lockdown period, people across Arunachal Pradesh have started going to their fields and are busy in sowing paddy as the peak season is on.<br />'' <br />'' Even during this lockdown and busy schedule, the women folks of Kabu village in West Siang District has made a way-out for generating income sitting at home. &nbsp;<br />'' <br />'' Kabu Aalo Hiko Pimary Level Federation, a women Self Help Group in Kabu Village is producing hand made mask and is selling it to the Arunachal Pradesh Doctors' Association at reasonable rate. The Association is running a campaign "Mask for All" in the state, an initiative to contain the spread of COVID19.<br />'' <br />'' Some member of the Self-Help Group cut the clothes into mask size and then are distributed to every household for hand stitching. Women in the village take out some time in the evening from their busy schedule and prepare the masks.<br />'' <br />'' As of now the SHG has prepared more than 600 home-made masks for the campaign. &nbsp;</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | May 3, 2020 11:50 AM
Arunachal Pradesh: Farmers start sowing paddy after relaxations on agriculture; women prepare masks