DISTRIBUTION OF CLOTH MASKS TO HOMELESS IN DELHI USELESS
NEW DELHI,(HINDUSTAN TIMES),11
NOV 2018 - With air quality worsening by the day, the Delhi government has begun distributing cloth masks to homeless people residing in the shelters run by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), to help protect them against pollution.
However, doctors and health experts, on seeing pictures of the masks distributed, said such cloth masks will be of little help protecting people from pollution, and might even be more harmful for people with cardiac ailments.
While at least 500 masks were distributed in two night shelters, at Yamuna Pushta and Sarai Kale Khan, Saturday, plans are afoot to distribute at least 10,000 masks from Monday onwards.
“Our first target will be patients, particularly those suffering from respiratory and lungrelated diseases, residing in our recovery shelters. Next in line will be the elderly, women and children,” Bipin Rai, board member (expert), DUSIB, said.