Delhi Oxygen Crisis
Delhi received 577 MT oxygen on May 6, AAP Govt says not enough
Sharing the oxygen bulletin with the press digitally, Chadha said Delhi received only 577 metric tonnes of oxygen from the Centre on May 6. On May 5 Delhi had received 730 metric tonnes of oxygen. Chadha said Delhi's oxygen demand has risen to 976 metric tonnes per day of which only 69 per cent was supplied to Delhi on Thursday.
Centre has to supply 700 MT oxygen to Delhi daily, says SC
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, counsel representing the Delhi government, mentioned before the top court the supply of oxygen received by Delhi. Mehra submitted before the bench that the Delhi government has received 86 MT on Friday till 9 a.m. and 16 MT of oxygen is in transit.
Can't become ground for blame game between Centre, Delhi: SC on O2 crisis
A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah cautioned both Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing for the Centre, and senior advocate Rahul Mehra, appearing for the Delhi government, and asked them to engage in a cooperative manner amid the ongoing pandemic. "We are not going to allow this constitutional court to become a ground of recrimination between two governments," the bench said
'In shambles': Delhi's medical infrastructure exposed in pandemic, says HC
On the aspect of black marketing of oxygen cylinders and concentrators and medicines, the bench remarked that the moral fabric of people has been "dismembered" to a great extent as instead of coming together to fight the pandemic, they are engaging in hoarding and black-marketing.
Delhi received 555 MT Oxygen, 48 SOS calls on Tuesday
AAP MLA Raghav Chadha addressing a digital press conference on Wednesday said that the city's hospitals struggled with a shortage in the supply of the life-saving gas amid a spurt in coronavirus cases.
Delhi Oxygen Crisis: You can bury your head like ostrich, but we won't, Delhi HC tells Centre
A division bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli asked the government to explain why a contempt case should not be initiated against it. It directed the Centre to show cause why no action should be taken against it for failure to comply with the Supreme Court and High Court orders to supply required oxygen to the Delhi government.
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