Finance
By: Shree1news, 09 NOV 2020
Thousands of school children in Arunachal Pradesh might be sporting tri-colour khadi face masks when colleges within the state reopen for the first time post-COVID-19 lockdown on November 16, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission stated on Monday.?
The commission has provided 60,000 high-quality khadi cotton face masks for school children because the Arunachal Pradesh authorities has determined to reopen schools for class 10th and 12th from November 16.
“This purchase order assumes great significance as that is for the first time {that a} state government in North East India has purchased such a huge amount of khadi face masks for its students,” an official statement said.
The purchase order was issued on November 3, and in simply 6 days, KVIC has supplied the requisite masks to the government contemplating the urgency involved, it added.?
The double-layered, cotton face masks with the tri-colour additionally aimed at instilling a sense of nationalism among the many students.
“The Government of Arunachal Pradesh has decided to open schools for class 10 and 12 from November 16, 2020, and in addition accorded approval for procurement of 60,000 khadi cotton face masks from KVIC for the school children,” the purchase order issued by the state government stated.
Source: S1N
