PM Modi applauds 74 year old pensioner who sews homemade masks out of his pension

• The 74-yr-old from Reasi district in J&K distributed over 6000 masks he personally made, using money from his monthly pension.
  
• PIB in a tweet called Mengi a ‘Corona Warrior’ and said, “He wanted to do something for those engaged in the war against Coronavirus.”

PM Modi today took to Twitter to applaud Yog Raj Mengi, who contributed to India’s fight against Covid-19 pandemic. The 74-yr-old from Reasi district in J&K distributed over 6000 masks he personally made, using money from his monthly pension.

Mengi is also distributing free ration to poor and needy.


Modi in his tweet, said, “Proud of citizens like him! They are adding so much might in the battle against COVID-19.”

A video shared by PIB in Jammu and Kashmir on twitter shows Mengi— wearing his self-made mask— and making others on a sewing machine.

PIB in a tweet called Mengi a ‘Corona Warrior’ and said, “He wanted to do something for those engaged in the war against Coronavirus.”

Unheard stories of Corona Warriors

There are thousands of corona warriors around the country that remain unheard. A Hyderabad based couple took over a restaurant in order to dish out cooked meals to migrant labourers.

Apart from NGOs, individuals have been playing the role of corona warriors.

Nirmal Kumar Jain, the principal of a Delhi school, and Pankaj Kumar Kansal, an accountant at a company, are supplying water, juice and soft drinks to police, healthcare workers, sweepers, and municipal corporation employees.

They are also keeping vigil to ensure lockdown is implemented.

"In these tough times, we wanted to do our bit for the society. While a lot of people are feeding the poor and distributing necessary items to the needy, we thought of serving the police personnel," Jain told IANS.

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