Ludhiana, May 15 (KNN) Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Tool Room (CTR) under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Ludhiana has handed over a total of 5000 face shield component of PPEs to Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, Pradeep Agrawal.

''The PPEs will be distributed to front line workers (medical staff, police personnel, sanitation and healthcare workers, private security, etc.). These have been manufactured locally by CTR Ludhiana with designing, prototyping and tooling development support from the ‘Programme for Modernisation and Innovation Promotion in MSMEs in India’ (MSME INNO),'' an official from Ludhiana CTR said.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is implementing the project MSME INNO on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and in partnership with the Indian Ministry of MSME (MoMSME).

The face shield-PPEs will meet the regional demand, mainstream the product and capacitate industries to manufacture locally, thus reducing import dependency in the present challenging times.

''The Central Tool Room will soon distribute another batch of face shield - PPEs to industry associations in Ludhiana,'' the official added.

Anticipating the future requirements, A P  Sharma, General Manager, CTR Ludhiana, urged the concerned departments to contact CTR Ludhiana for the procurement of bulk orders at ‘no profit-no loss’ basis and encourage industries to avail tooling-related services from CTR to start manufacturing the product and make Atamnirbhar Bharat envisaged by government of India.

For skilling, online courses are offered to professionals, entrepreneurs and students at CTR. (KNN Bureau)