<span style="color: #222222;">In the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh,  Women Self Help Groups are making materials necessary to prevent the spread of corona virus infection.<br />''<br />''At the initiative of zila panchayat, the members of these groups are also strengthening their economic condition during lock-down.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports, Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, which is usually in the news because of Maoist violence, is setting an example of women empowerment at the time of pandemic.  <br />''<br />''The district panchayat administration has encouraged the self help groups of this area to make face masks necessary for the prevention of corona infection.<br />''<br />''Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, more than a hundred women of forty one self help groups are engaged in this work.<br />''<br />''These women have made around 50,00 masks so far.<br />''<br />''These masks have been distributed to health workers and policemen, as well as various government departments and MNREGA laborers.<br />''<br />''These self-help groups have earned more than Rs. 3 three lakh .</span><br />