Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 25, 2021, 10:40 AM
New Delhi: During the second wave of Corona, there was an oxygen crisis in other areas of the country including Delhi. Meanwhile, a shocking revelation has come to light in the report of the Supreme Court audit panel regarding the oxygen crisis in Delhi. The Oxygen Audit Committee constituted by the Supreme Court has said in its report that during the second wave of Corona, the Delhi government had demanded four times more oxygen than it needed.According to the panel's audit report, Delhi needed about 300 metric tonnes of oxygen at that time, but the Delhi government increased the demand to 1200 metric tonnes. The oxygen audit report further stated that 12 other states faced acute shortage of life-saving oxygen due to Delhi's high demand as supplies from other states were diverted to Delhi.However, amid the oxygen crisis in Delhi hospitals, Supreme Court Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah had constituted a 12-member task force and sought an audit report from the panel on the oxygen delivery system. During the audit, the Oxygen Task Force found that 13 Oxygen tankers could not be landed at various hospitals in Delhi on May as their tanks were already at over 75% capacity. Even government hospitals like LNJP and AIIMS were full of oxygen tanks.It is worth noting that during April-May, when Corona was at its peak, many hospitals in Delhi had to deal with oxygen crisis and it even came to the point that many people lost their lives. It was claimed that corona patients died due to lack of oxygen. After this, there was a dispute between the Kejriwal government and the central government regarding oxygen.