Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): While Delhi has been facing Oxygen crisis for past few days amid Covid-19 pandemic, helping hands been fetched by Odisha Government.
Delhi is facing Oxygen crisis for past few days. Centre fixes Oxygen quota for all states. As per Delhi govt’s estimate, the UT needs 700 tons/day, Centre had fixed it to 378 tons earlier & increased it to 480 tons y’day. We need more but we’re thankful to them for this says Delhi CM.
Besides, Delhi CM also praised the centre’s work and tweeted, “Central govt has increased Delhi’s quota of oxygen. We r very grateful to centre for this (sic).”
The Centre announced that it will supply 480 metric tonnes of oxygen to Delhi, which will come from Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, the city government said in a statement.
On Monday and Tuesday, around 240MT and 365MT of oxygen was supplied to Delhi against the requirement of 700MT per day, the statement said.
Since Delhi does not have its own source of oxygen, the capital’s supply comes from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
Hours before the announcement, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged at a press briefing that an official of the Haryana government stopped oxygen supply to Delhi from a plant in Faridabad.
The neighbouring state, however, denied the allegations.
Several hospitals in Delhi also alleged that the Haryana government was not allowing vendors to supply oxygen to them and there is only a limited stock left as hundreds of coronavirus patients battled for their lives in these healthcare facilities.
Suppliers are facing obstructions from the district authorities of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, it added.
