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Positive Approach
Changing India
POSITIVITY TURNS CRISIS INTO
OPPORTUNITY
An alumni of IIT Kharagpur develops battery mask useful for
sportspersons by keeping the mask on even while training and a
good samaritan in J&K distributes sanitary kits
BATTERY MASK TO PROTECT FROM DISTRIBUTION OF SANITARY
CORONAVIRUS AND POLLUTION KITS LAUDED
very effort is underway to save people he zest for doing something for
Efrom the twin menace of Coronavirus and Tsociety helps generate new ideas.
pollution as a former student of IIT Kharagpur Irfana of Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir
and IIM Calcutta Piyush Agrawal is producing embodies this in a true sense when she
battery-operated masks. The uniqueness of started distributing free sanitary napkins in
this mask is that two battery-operated fans Srinagar. As part of the menstrual hygiene
are fitted in it to provide enough oxygen to the campaign, Irfana gives away sanitary
user. Its battery lasts for around eight hours. items. She has earned praise as her ‘Eva
Mask was developed with the Government Safety Door’ sanitary napkin kit for women
assistance under Project Kawach Mask. The and young girls is now available in most
price of a mask has been fixed at Rs 3000. of the public washrooms in Srinagar and
Piyush says mask is fitted with two fans. One nearby villages in Kashmir Valley. She
fan supplies oxygen and the other pushes has been contributing with the necessary
Carbon Dioxide and moisture out. So the user sanitary items to the needy amid COVID-19
of the mask constantly gets fresh air which lockdown. She has distributed menstrual
is named as Brand Moksha. The mask is kits in around 15 washrooms in Srinagar
specially prepared for healthcare, sanitation so far. Death of her father had pushed her
workers and others. Workers are getting into doing something meaningful in life and
employment and learning new techniques. she started distributing menstrual kits as
Sportspersons preparing for the next year’s a tribute to him. The kit contains sanitary
Olympics are using these masks so they are napkins, antispasmodics and hand washes.
not only protected from Corona virus but also It also has undergarments, baby diapers
get the right environment for preparations. and sanitisers.
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