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GUWAHATI: To facilitate movement and delivery of essential items, Assam Police will be issuing Essential Service Passes through the local Police. A tweet was sent out:In order to facilitate the movement of persons from Exempted Categories during #Lockdown21, Assam Police will be issuing Essential Service Passes through the local Police. The government has also assured the people of the State that there won't be any dearth of essential commodities in the State during the lockdown. If they come out of their houses, stringent action will be taken against them under the Disaster Management Act.”Barring essential services, if anybody violates the lockdown, he/she will only invite unnecessary peril for them. On the availability of essential commodities in the State, the Chief Secretary said, “We've 3,09,000 metric tonnes (MT) of rice in stock – enough for three months..