New Delhi | The Centre has asked states to provide data on deaths due to lack of oxygen during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Source said that the Central government had written to the states and Union Territories, seeking statistics of such deaths, and will, after compilation of the data, present it in the […]
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Delhi urges Centre to supply surplus O2 from it’s quota to other state
New Delhi | The Arvind Kejriwal government on Thursday wrote a letter to the Centre to inform that Delhi’s daily oxygen requirement has fallen from 700 MT to 582 MT per day and hence, the additional oxygen quota of the national capital should be supplied to other states needing oxygen. For the last few days, the […]
Oxygen Expresses delivers 4,200 MT oxygen to 6 states so far
New Delhi | Overcoming all hurdles, the Indian Railways has so far delivered 4,200 metric tonne Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi. As many as 68 Oxygen Expresses have already completed their journey so far in delivering this 4,200 MT of oxygen to these six states in more […]
Ensure 700 MT O2 per day to Delhi until further orders: SC to Centre
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Saturday made it clear to the Centre that there shall be no reduction in the allocation and availability of medical oxygen to Delhi and its direction with regard to the provisioning of 700 MT oxygen per day to the national capital shall continue pending further orders. A bench comprising […]
Centre has to supply 700 MT oxygen to Delhi daily, says SC
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Friday said the Centre has to supply 700 MT of oxygen to Delhi every day till further orders. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah said: “We want 700 MT to be supplied to Delhi on daily basis. Don’t make us go firm.” Senior advocate Rahul Mehra, […]
You will have to give 700 MT oxygen to Delhi, SC tells Centre
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Centre that the national capital must get at least 700 tonnes of oxygen every day, which has been requested by the Delhi government to meet the demands of the Covid patients. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah told the Centre: “You will have […]
Delhi got only 44% of required oxygen from Centre on Mon: AAP
New Delhi | The Delhi government on Tuesday cornered the Central government over the allocation of medical oxygen to the national capital on Monday, saying it received only 433 metric tonne (MT) oxygen on Monday against its requirement of 976 MT – which comes to 44 per cent of the requisite amount to mitigate the crisis. […]
Hospitals in Delhi running dangerously low on oxygen
New Delhi | Hospitals across the national capital continue to sound the alarm about shortage of oxygen. Sant Parmanand Hospital and Bhagat Chandra hospital have sought help from the authorities claiming that they are left with little oxygen. Bhagat Chandra hospital in Mahavir Enclave in West Delhi will reportedly run out of oxygen by Saturday evening. […]
Supply 490 MT oxygen to Delhi or face contempt: HC to Centre
New Delhi | The Delhi High Court on Saturday warned the Centre of initiating “contempt proceedings” against its administrators if it delays the supply of 490 MT oxygen allocated to the national capital even for a single day. A bench comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli directed the Central government to ensure that Delhi […]
Man booked in UP for seeking oxygen support on social media
Amethi (UP) | A man from Amethi has been booked for allegedly circulating a ‘rumour’ with the intent to cause ‘fear’ over oxygen supply. The man, Shashank Yadav, had appealed for an oxygen cylinder for his grandfather on Twitter. In his tweet, Yadav had not mentioned whether his grandfather had Covid-19. His grandfather later died of […]