Community health workers are the lifelines of Indian health care system. Their role as the port call for any health-related information between the health officials and the rural community has come to the fore more prominently in COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, in the pandemic maternal health care has been a primary concern globally and in India. The pandemic has affected maternal health i) putting pregnant women at greater risk and ii) also minimizing their access to healthcare. In this milieu the article examines 1) COVID-19 implications on maternal health and 2) the role of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) in facilitating the maternal health care amid the pandemic. The argument in the article is based on extensive fieldwork carried out in Kathayatbara, Mandalsera and Manyura Mafi villages of Bageshwar district, from Feb-April 2021. Thus, it is being argued that a) interventions during pregnancy play an essential role in promoting reproductive outcomes for women, surveillance, and psychological well-being of mother and children. b) ASHA workers have played a pivotal role in the pandemic by spreading awareness on COVID-19 precautions for safer childbirth, informing the antenatal women about the vaccination, educating about the nutritional diet, and tracking the antenatal visit record. Despite the lockdown, ASHA workers have provided continued maternal care and optimum health services to the women in rural areas in addition to performing COVID related duties. Note, according to WHO & UNICEF (2020), 'The interim Guidance Module stated that within the same country different areas require different communication approaches in context to essential health services. In this milieu, ASHA workers have been maintaining these services and responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic. COVID transmission pattern has burdened baseline capacity for delivery of service to the community