Arunachal, Dec 21: The government of Arunachal Pradesh is purchasing another 1 lakh tri-colour Khadi face masks for school students. As the state government set to resume schools for class VIII students from January 4, 2021, it has placed a repeat purchase order for 1 lakh cotton masks.
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) will deliver the masks by December 27.
The repeat order comes just over a month after KVIC supplied 60,000 face masks to the Arunachal Pradesh government in November this year, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises said in its statement.
The state government also received positive feedback from the students of class 10th and 12th who have been wearing Khadi masks in schools. Arunachal Pradesh is the first state government in North East India that has purchased such a huge quantity of Khadi face masks for its students.
The second purchase order for Khadi masks was issued on December 17, citing urgency as classes for VIII standard are set to restart in the New Year.
KVIC will provide double-layered, tri-colour Khadi face masks to the Arunachal Pradesh govt with its logo suitably placed on the masks. The face masks in tri-colour also aim at instilling a sense of nationalism among the students.