In view of the coronavirus scare, the Bihar Government has set up a control room at Bihar Bhawan in the national Capital to extend all possible support to the State's people, particularly to assist the migrant workers. A total of 2,575 phone calls were received and action was taken on the problems of about 1,15,00 persons till late evening while about 9,000 applications received through GoogleDock connectivity system were processed.
The Resident Commissioner at Bihar Bhawan Vipin Kumar is the nodal officer to extend all possible support to the people of Bihar trapped in different parts of the country.
When contacted, Kumar informed that prompt and appropriate action was taken on problems by coordinating with the preferred officials of the respective States. "Compliance reports have also been received from many places. The Government of Bihar is working on a war footing for basic cooperation and assistance of millions of migrants," Kumar said.
The control room (011-23792009, 011-23014326, 011-23013884) set up at Bihar Bhawan has facilities for calls, fax, internet and email. In this, officials and personnel have been appointed in three shifts.
Ten hunting lines have also been commissioned on these three telephone numbers of the control room, so that all the phones continue to function smoothly and the callers do not face any technical problem.
