Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said a control room would be set up in Parliament to connect with similar control rooms in the Assemblies for better coordination in helping migrant labourers and students stranded due to the lockdown.
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma, who heads the Parliamentary Standing on Home Affairs, also convened a video conference meet on April 28 to discuss the Centre-State coordination, implementation of the lockdown, migrant labour issue, relief measures and the future roadmap.
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Mr. Birla, after chairing the video conference of the Presiding Officers of State Legislatures, said the control room in Parliament would help in the exchange of real-time information between MPs and MLAs in the fight against the deadly virus.
“I interacted with Speakers of 27 Assemblies and one Chairman of Council. All...in one voice said they are with the respective executives in this time of crisis,” Mr. Birla said.
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He urged the Assemblies to explore the feasibility of extensive use of digital technology in legislative and financial work as well as routine tasks such as meetings and file movements to maintain stringent social distancing norms.
“Assemblies and Parliament must adopt technology for functioning more effectively,” he said.
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