Sonowal dialled former chief ministers Tarun Gogoi andBhumidhar Barman of the Congress, and Prafulla Kumar Mahantaof the Asom Gana Parishad(AGP), alliance partner of the BJP-led government in the state.
The others leaders he reached out includedLeader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia of the Congress, AIUDFLegislature Party leader Hafiz Bashir Ahmed (Qasimi), formerUnion ministers Bijaya Chakrabarty, Kabindra Purkayastha,Rajen Gohain and Paban Singh Ghatowar.
The chief minister also spoke to state senior citizenwelfare board chairman Harekrishna Bharali, and president ofSadou Asom Mukti Jujaru Sanmilan Krishna Lahkar, among others.
Sonowal informed them about the various measuresundertaken by the state government like setting up of aquarantine facility with 1,000 beds for COVID-19 patients atSarusajai Stadium here, making the medical colleges capable ofhandling coronavirus patients, plans for setting up fiveprefabricated COVID-19 hospitals at Dibrugarh, Guwahati,Lakhimpur, Silchar and Bongaigaon, and making arrangements fortraining doctors and para medical staff.
The senior politicians were apprised of the stepstaken by the state government to provide free rice to 58 lakhfamilies of Assam under National Food Security Act (NFSA)during this crisis.
Assuring the leaders of the success of the Assamgovernments initiatives for containing coronavirus outbreak,the chief minister told them that the Assam government isfully prepared to tackle a spike in coronavirus infections inthe near future.
The views of the leaders were also taken about theprevailing situation, a CMO press release said.
In his call with the senior leaders, the chiefminister requested them to ask their supporters tomaintain social distancing and other protocols during thelockdown period.
Sonowal also enquired about their health during thetelephonic talks. ESBMM MM