Kejriwal spending crores on publicity but doing nothing to augment oxygen supply in Delhi: Ajay Maken
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Kejriwal spending crores on publicity but doing nothing to augment oxygen supply in Delhi: Ajay MakenPTI
Last Updated: Apr 24, 2021, 05:11 PM IST
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Addressing a virtual press conference, he said the Centre has informed the High Court that it has sanctioned eight pressure swing absorption (PSA) plants but only one plant has been set up. The Delhi government has not added even a single PSA plant in the past year and neither has it augmented the oxygen storage capacity in the national capital, he alleged.
Congress highlights shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in country, asks Centre to focus on issue
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Last Updated: Apr 24, 2021, 08:11 PM IST
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In another tweet, Rahul Gandhi asked the Centre to focus on vaccines, oxygen and other health services amid the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of spending on PR and unnecessary projects .
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The Congress highlighted a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the country on Saturday with party leader Rahul Gandhi asking the Centre to focus on the issue, instead of spending on PR and unnecessary projects . Pointing out that only 1.4 per cent of the country s population has been vaccinated so far, Gandhi, in a tweet, said India needs vaccines and shared a graph showing that the US has vaccinated 26.5 per cent of its population and the UK 15.9 per cent.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi (R) and Anand Sharma. File
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Party leaders target government for shortage of oxygen, drugs, say House panel had flagged issue in Nov.
Deputy leader of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government must be held “morally and politically accountable” for the deaths of COVID-19 patients due to a shortage of oxygen and life-saving medicines.
While former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi asked the Centre to focus on oxygen shortage, vaccines and other health infrastructure instead of undertaking public relations activities and unnecessary projects (a reference to the Central Vista project), Congress general secretary Ajay Maken pointed out that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health had flagged the issue of supply of oxygen in their November 2020 report.
Months before the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit the country, a parliamentary panel in November last year had suggested the centre to augment hospital beds and oxygen production.
Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 8
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health on Monday questioned the government for hyping up sector allocations and said only 32 per cent of