Prayagraj (UP), Apr 23 (IANS): Sewa Bharti, an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will distribute around 50,000 'gamchhas' (cotton stoles) among the poor and homeless people in Prayagraj region so that they can cover their faces to save themselves from the coronavirus.

It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had underlined the use of easily affordable 'gamchhas' as a protective gear for millions of ordinary people to fight against corona infection.

Mahanagar President of Sewa Bharati, Sujeet Singh said: "We have brought around 20,000 'gamchas' from Jalalpur in Ambedkar Nagar which will be distributed among the needy and poor families on Thursday and Friday. We will be distributing around 50,000 'gamchhas' in the coming days."

RSS vibhag pracharak Krishna Chandra said, "The 'gamchha' is a perfect homemade option to cover face as a replacement for masks. People, especially those who cannot buy masks, can use gamchha to fight coronavirus".

Nearly 3,000 RSS volunteers are working in the Corona crisis, delivering food packets among the poor and homeless people. The RSS volunteers have made an area-wise list of poor people where food packets and other essential commodities are being distributed.

The Prayagraj wing of Sewa Bharti said that they have distributed ration and essential commodities among 48,000 families in the lockdown period.

The Sewa Bharti has set up 35 distribution centres in trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna pockets in the city for distribution of ration and food packets among the poor.