Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy examined and wore the masks stitched by DWCRA women groups under the supervision of MEPMA. Approximately 16 crore of these masks will be distributed among 5.3 crore people, where each person will be given three masks free of cost.
In a review meeting held in Tadepalli on Sunday, MEPMA Mission Director Naveen Kumar handed over the masks to the Chief Minister for his perusal.
The CM also wore one of the masks on the occasion and posed for photographs along with other officials of the state. The masks were manufactured following a directive of CM YS Jagan that his government would distribute the masks to all the people for free of cost in the state.
Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney, Special Chief Secretary, Health Medical & Family Welfare Dr KS Jawahar Reddy, DGP Gautam Sawang and MEPMA Additional Director Sivaparvathi participated in this session.
The Chief Minister also asked officials to take steps to bring volunteers, ASHA workers and sanitary workers under insurance coverage. “Apart from this, all employees who were on the frontline should also be included in the insurance coverage,” he said.