BARNALA: Amid news of some people being booked for making distress calls for food even while hoarding groceries at home, a woman from a family with limited means in a Barnala village used Rs 500 she got in her Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan account to prepare masks.Manjit Kaur of Kubbe village preferred to spend Rs 500 to purchase a piece of cloth, with which she prepared over 150 masks. She handed these over to the district administration for distribution among the needy and also distributed a few in the village."In view of the hardships faced by the poor who do not even have access to safety equipment, I decided to use Rs 500 in my account to prepare masks. I stitched the masks for distribution among villagers and handed over 100 masks to the district administration. I am preparing more masks for the needy," said Manjit Kaur, who has studied up to Class XII. Her parents are aged and her brother, who operates a combine harvester, is stuck in Andhra Pradesh, where he had gone to work.Barnala district administration has decided to set up a self-help group in her village under her leadership to help poor women manufacture and sell articles to make a living. Barnala additional deputy commissioner (development) Arun Jindal visited the village on Friday and handed over some ration to the family. He praised her for her selflessness and assured her all possible help.