‘ Authorities and senior officials of administration in UP and Haryana are stalling the tankers bring oxygen, delaying the tankers to reach Delhi healthcare facilities on time,’ the letter from Delhi Deputy CM checks out
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Last Upgraded at April 22, 2021 19: 31 IST
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday alleging that tankers carrying oxygen were unable to reach hospitals in the nationwide capital as they were being stalled by cops and officials in UP and Haryana.
” Cops and senior officials of the administration in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are stalling the tankers carrying oxygen, postponing the tankers from reaching Delhi health centers on time,” Sisodia stated in the letter.
” I urge you guarantee that the oxygen allocated for Delhi by the Centre reaches there without any delay to save lives of the clients,” he included.
Numerous little hospitals in the city had a hard time to replenish oxygen supply for coronavirus clients on Thursday morning, even as some big healthcare centers got fresh stock overnight.
The Centre on Thursday directed states to guarantee continuous production and supply of medical oxygen and its transport along inter-state borders and said the district magistrate and superintendent of cops of the district concerned will be held responsible if there is any infraction of its order.
The directive under the stringent Disaster Management Act 2005 was provided by Union House Secretary Ajay Bhalla in the wake of reports that some states blocked supply of medical oxygen to other states in the middle of abrupt spike in coronavirus cases and demand for it.
Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia composes to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
” Cops & senior authorities of administration in Uttar Pradesh & Haryana are stalling the tankers bring oxygen, postponing the tankers to reach Delhi hospitals on time,” the letter reads pic.twitter.com/xeXZ22 syDg
— RECTUM (@ANI) April 22, 2021
Previously on Thursday, Sisodia, who is likewise the nodal minister for Covid management in the national capital, alerted at an interview that more than a dozen health centers have oxygen stock that will last for simply a few more hours.
” Makeshift plans will not work for long as every hospital is faced with the same circumstance. Over a dozen health centers have actually informed me that they are running out of oxygen stock with many of them stating that their stocks will last for simply 4-5 hours,” Sisodia stated.
” Delhi is facing oxygen scarcity despite the Centre increasing its oxygen quota on Wednesday. Additionally, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments are not enabling trucks to supply oxygen to Delhi.
” On Wednesday, the UP federal government did not permit oxygen packed trucks to go into an oxygen plant there, which resulted in an emergency situation in many healthcare facilities in Delhi. Its officials have barred the entry of trucks bring oxygen to Delhi in Panipat,” he added.
Sisodia likewise claimed that on Wednesday, medical facilities in Delhi dealt with a crisis due to the fact that out of the 378 MT oxygen sanctioned to Delhi by the Centre, just 177 MT was received.
” Now when the Centre has increased Delhi’s quota of oxygen from 378 MT to 480 MT each day, why are the Haryana and UP federal governments developing difficulties,” he asked.
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