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Manish Sisodia said, We again demand that the Centre increase our oxygen quota to 700 MT in view of the increased consumption
He said an official of the Haryana government stopped oxygen supply from a plant in Faridabad
The Delhi govt said, It s indeed unfortunate that states like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are curtailing the supply of life-saving oxygen to Delhi
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia on Wednesday (April 20) accused the Haryana government of blocking medical oxygen supply to Delhi. The Haryana government, however, vehemently refuted the allegations, stating that no one in the administration had hampered anything.
Addressing a press conference, Manish Sisodia said the AAP government had been demanding that the Centre increase Delhi s quota of oxygen from 378 metric tonnes to 700 metric tonnes. Notably, several hospitals in Delhi scrambled to save the lives of coronavirus patients amid its shortage for the second consecutive day.