NEW DELHI : The guard at a handloom factory in Panipat is using a new device, a temperature gun to ensure that the workers have no fever.
The precaution is important as the facility is now producing personal protective equipment (PPE) for covid-19 frontline workers.
The factory is just one of those in this industrial township in Haryana, with the stitching units in Panipat, which used to manufacture blankets, rugs and towels, have been modified to make PPE kits.
The town now makes a total of 20,000-25,000 PPE kits a day. “This was the need of the hour. There was high demand and we had to improvise.