With the state government making it mandatory to wear a mask in Bengal, the requirement for masks has seen a rise. “When the lockdown started, we started making handkerchiefs with straps using these clothes to distribute among the youths who work with us. We must have made around 1,000 face covers.”Now they still have some material in their clothes godown in Dum Dum. An EE Block-based souvenir company is still making masks but does not have the logistics to deliver them home yet. “In fact, we shall start making masks commercially henceforth, keeping prices nominal.

Source: The Telegraph April 18, 2020 06:22 UTC