High Court seeks Centre’s response on Delhi govt’s request for Army’s help

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre to apprise it of motion taken, if any, on Delhi authorities’s request for Army’s help in organising hospitals with oxygen and ICU beds. On Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia wrote to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh requesting the Army’s assist.
The excessive court docket is listening to pleas on oxygen scarcity and different points associated to the continued Covid disaster in Delhi. On Sunday, some hospitals within the nationwide capital despatched determined SOS calls to authorities to replenish their dwindling shares.
The Delhi authorities has been demanding 976 metric tonnes of oxygen from the Centre towards the present allotted 590 MT quota. According to the official information, the capital had bought 305 MT of oxygen on April 25, adopted by 408 MT on April 26, 398 MT on April 27, 431 MT on April 28 and 409 MT on April 29.
In the final 24 hours, Delhi recorded 407 virus deaths and over 20,000 circumstances with a positivity price of 28.33 per cent.