As authorities across the planet urge people to wear masks to slow the spread of Covid-19, the House of Anita Dongre has said it’s begun producing 3ply cloth masks.
As the fashion company said production has begun in two of 5 rural village centers with collaboration with Maharashtra state government about 4 years ago.
Through the designer’s foundation, starting this week, these centers have had voluntary participation from about 24 women who will be able to create up to 7,000 masks each week for distribution to NGOs, village residents, individuals, and hospitals.
Designer Anita Dongre, who is chief creative officer of her company, told ET that they took the initiative to produce masks and distribute them. She also took the initiative of taking the women from villages with a strict protocol of social distancing and rising to produce the mask. The mask is reusable made of cotton(fabric) purchased earlier for the production of clothes. She wants to stop the spread of the virus and help as many people as possible.
A local NGO and the Red cross contacted her in Haryana for the need for masks. Earlier this week 1500 Non-Medical mask was delivered and 2000 ready masks for delivery.
Bollywood couturier lulla started a production mask even before the lockdown. She created 800 masks before the lockdown and distributed in the workshop in Mumbai but the production came to the halt because of lockdown. She is appealing for the restart of the production in Delhi designer Varun Bahl wants to start the production of masks either from factory or home, depending on the approval of the official.
