Delhi "Exaggerated" Oxygen Need By 4 Times: Row Over Interim Report

Friday, 25 June 2021Newsdesk

The Delhi government exaggerated the city's oxygen requirement by four times during the peak of the Covid crisis in April-May and the supply of excess oxygen "affected other states", a Supreme Court audit team has said in an interim report. Delhi Government sources say there is "no such report" and call it "a mischievous attempt".

New Delhi, 25 June 2021

As per news report of NDTV, "The Delhi government's claim of 1,140 Metric Tonnes was four times the calculated consumption as per the formula based on bed capacity, which was 289 MT only," says an interim report of a sub-group appointed by the Supreme Court. Delhi Government sources say there is "no such report" and call it "a mischievous attempt". No such report has been signed off by the sub-group, sources say. The panel, led by AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, includes Delhi Government Principal Home Secretary Bhupinder Bhalla, Max Healthcare Director Sandeep Buddhiraja, Union Jal Shakti Ministry Joint Secretary Subodh Yadav and Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Petroleum and Oxygen Safety Organization (PESO).

Source - NDTV
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