Mann Ki Baat | India has turned the crisis into an opportunity, says Narendra Modi

The rural areas of our country has paved the way forward, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday's Mann ki Baat programme. "We are in the midst of a crisis but people have also faced it with great fortitude and that is what converts crisis into opportunity," the Prime Minister said. "Our rural areas have shown the way during the Corona crisis. For example in Jammu, Balbir Kaur set up a 30 bed Corona centre and also carried a spray tank on her shoulders to undertake sanitisation," Mr. Modi added. "Ganderbal's Jaituna Begum who distributed free masks and rations in her area. She also distributed saplings of apple. Mohammed Iqbal of Anantnag made a low cost sprayer for ₹50,000. We hear of such inspirational work everyday," he said. "In Bihar, women SHGs have started making masks our of fabric with Madhubani paintings. Craftsmen in Tripura and Manipur have made water bottles and tiffin boxes from bamboo... these are hardy, and being boiled in Neem before hand, these are also hydgienic." PM said.