RAIPUR
: Forty eight women self-help groups in
Dhamtari district
in Chhattisgarh have made over 1 lakh masks and earned Rs 8.46 lakh by selling those at low prices in various government departments.
Dhamtari district panchayat
chief executive officer
(CEO)
Namrata Gandhi
informed that 329 women of 48 self-help groups are making face masks in the district under state livelihood mission 'Bihan' with the technical assistance of health department, khadi and village industries department, handloom department and voluntary institutions.
So far, 1 lakh masks have been made by the SHGs and 56,403 masks have been sold at the rate of Rs 15 per mask. The masks were sold to the local market,
nagar panchayat
including red cross, police, women and child development, panchayat and rural development, health, power, forest and agriculture departments
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