Haryana blocked oxygen supply, says Sisodia; state rejects charge
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia accused the Haryana government on Wednesday of blocking medical oxygen supply to Delhi, where several hospitals scrambled to save lives of coronavirus patients amid its shortage for second consecutive day.
The Haryana government vehemently refuted the allegations, underlining that no one in the administration had hampered anything. Addressing a press conference, 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.
The central government, which decides the quota of oxygen for states, is yet to take a step in this direction, the deputy chief minister said. “We again demand that the Centre increase our oxygen quota to 700 MT in view of the increased consumption. Patients from several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, are admitted in city hospitals,” Sisodia said.
He claimed that an official of the Haryana government stopped oxygen supply from a plant in Faridabad. Sisodia said a similar incident occurred in Uttar Pradesh a day ago and it led to a crisis in some hospitals, adding the oxygen supply had been restored now. He demanded that states should get their allotted share of oxygen without others interfering into it.