Coronavirus | Set up control rooms in Assemblies for better coordination among States, says Om Birla

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday that control rooms should be set up in assemblies for better coordination between states in helping migrant labourers and students stranded due to the ongoing lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus.

After an online interaction with assembly speakers on the prevailing situation, Mr Birla said a control room would also be set up in Parliament for exchange of real-time information between MPs and MLAs, and for better coordination in the fight against the deadly virus.

"I interacted with speakers of 27 state assemblies and one chairman of state legislative council. All...in once voice said they are with the respective executives in this time of crisis," Mr Birla told reporters in Parliament House.