India
pti-Deepika S
New Delhi, Apr 18: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said Delhi is facing an ‘acute shortage’ of oxygen for COVID-19 patients and alleged that the quota of the city has been diverted to other states.
The chief minister’s remarks came hours after he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his help in enhancing the number of hospital beds and immediate oxygen supply for patients in Delhi.
A central government official has rejected Kejriwal’s claims as ‘blatant lies’ and said there was no panic situation in Delhi regarding oxygen.
Kejriwal said on Twitter Sunday evening, ‘Del facing acute shortage of oxygen. In view of sharply increasing cases, Del needs much more than normal supply. Rather than increasing supply, our normal supply has been sharply reduced and Delhi’s quota has been diverted to other states. OXYGEN HAS BECOME AN EMERGENCY IN DEL.’…