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Oxygen tankers being escorted by Delhi Police as they move towards the hospitals from Delhi Cantt Railway Station amidst the oxygen crisis, in New Delhi.
In view of the current pandemic situation in the country and oxygen shortage, the Delhi High Court on Saturday lashed out at Centre saying water has gone above the head. Now we mean business. You (Centre) will arrange everything now.
Amid the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the High Court directed the Centre to arrange the life-saving gas by whatever means , saying water has gone above the head, arrange everything now .
India News: NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Saturday came down hard on the Centre over oxygen scarcity in Delhi, as the city grapples with a surge in Covid cas.
NEW DELHI: Water has gone above the head. Enough is enough… We can t shut our eyes to people dying in Delhi, the Delhi high court told the Centre on Saturday, directing it to supply the capital its allocated daily quota of oxygen. It added that if its order was not complied with, it would consider initiating contempt proceedings.
Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli took note of the eight deaths in Batra Hospital on Saturday due to delay in supply of medical oxygen. You (Centre) have made an allocation, you fulfil… We can t have people dying. Eight patients have died at Batra due to lack of oxygen.Therefore, does it mean we will shut our eyes to people dying in Delhi? the court remarked.
Water has gone above head, arrange oxygen now: Delhi HC directs Centre
The high court further directed the Centre to ensure that Delhi receives 490 MT oxygen supply on Saturday by whatever means . People stand in a que at a shop to refill their Oxygen Cylinder in New Delhi. (Image: IANS)
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Updated: May 1, 2021, 05:28 PM IST
The Delhi High Court on Saturday rapped the Centre over the shortage of medical oxygen in the national capital amid the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and directed it to arrange the life-saving gas by whatever means , saying water has gone above the head, arrange everything now .
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Saturday directed the Centre to ensure that Delhi receives its allocated 490 MT oxygen supply today by whatever means.