In the letter sent to the state government, Krishna Mahanta said “I am ready to donate 10 bigha land in Kaliabor to build a hospital for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.” (Photo: Facebook)

At a time when India along with the rest of the world is fighting against the novel Coronavirus and over 27,700 people have already lost their lives to the virus, a man from Assam has expressed his desire to donate his lands to the government to build a Covid-19 treatment hospital.

42-year-old Krishna Mahanta, a resident of Kaliabor area in Assam’s Nagaon district, wishes to donate 10 bigha land (about 4.005 acres) to the Assam government to construct a hospital for treatment of the Covid-19 patients.

A businessman, Krishna Mahanta, on Friday, sent a letter to the Kaliabor Sub-Divisional Officer and expressed his desire to contribute to the fight against coronavirus.

According to reports, the Kaliabor Sub-Divisional Officer has forwarded the letter to the Assam government.

In the letter sent to the state government, Krishna Mahanta said In this moment of human crisis in the world, those who are working day and night to save people will be about written in history. I am ready to donate 10 bigha land in Kaliabor to build a hospital for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

Krishna Mahanta said, "The entire world is now gripped by the deadly novel coronavirus and nearly a thousand people have been affected in India also. Our family has decided to donate 10 bigha land to the government to construct a Covid-19 hospital. We hope that the government will accept this.

In the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the state government is planning to build five new hospitals in the state especially for Covid-19 patients.

No positive case of Covid-19 has been identified in Assam so far.

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