Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday alleged that town authorities has not obtained any letter from the Centre inquiring if any deaths within the nationwide capital occurred due to oxygen scarcity in the course of the second Covid wave. (Image: Reuters)
Delhi authorities believes that there was an oxygen disaster and with out an inquiry it’s tough to say whether or not any deaths occurred due to it or not, he mentioned.
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday alleged that town authorities has not obtained any letter from the Centre inquiring if any deaths within the nationwide capital occurred due to oxygen scarcity in the course of the second Covid wave. The minister, nonetheless, mentioned they’ve determined to share all the small print with the central authorities.
“You can put out that reply in entrance of the Supreme Court and the general public,” he said in an online briefing. Sisodia accused the Centre of not showing seriousness towards the oxygen crisis which happened during the second wave.
“I read in newspaper reports that the Centre is saying that it has asked state governments to share the number of oxygen-related deaths,” he mentioned. Sisodia, nonetheless, mentioned that they haven’t obtained any communication until date on the matter.
“Delhi authorities has not obtained any letter on oxygen-related deaths. When you (Centre) haven’t written any letter, how will you say that states aren’t informing you. We had fashioned an inquiry committee however you didn’t enable it (probe) to occur by way of Delhi LG,” he mentioned.
Delhi government believes that there was an oxygen crisis and without an inquiry it is difficult to say whether any deaths happened due to it or not, he said.
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