Sonowal calls up CMs of Odisha, UP, Bihar, WB, MP

Chief Minister Sarbananda

Sonowal on Sunday called his Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh counterparts, urging them to provide all necessary help to people from Assam stranded in their states due to the nationwide lockdown.

Many people from Assam have been stranded in various parts of the country during the nation-wide lockdown imposed to contain the Coronavirus.

Sonowal called up Naveen Patnaik, Yogi Adityanath, Nitish Kumar, Mamata Banerjee, Manohar Lal Khattar and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and urged them to provide all necessary help to the people of Assam stranded in their states due to the nationwide lockdown, an official release said.

The state government has taken various measures to help these people in this time of crisis, but the respective state governments have also been urged to take care of them.

Sonowal requested his counterparts in those states to provide necessary help regarding shelter, food, medical facilities to the ...