Sisodia: Haryana blocking supply

New Delhi/Chandigarh: April 21

New Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia accused the Haryana Government on Wednesday of blocking medical oxygen supply to Delhi, where several hospitals scrambled to save lives of Covid patients amid its shortage for the 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.

Haryana Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan said: “No supply has been stopped to Delhi. This is not true.” — PTI