Ensure 700 MT O2 per day to Delhi until further orders: SC to Centre

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday made it clear to the Centre that there shall be no reduction in the allocation and availability of medical oxygen to Delhi and its direction with regard to the provisioning of 700 MT oxygen per day to the national capital shall continue pending further orders. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah said: "We direct the Union of India to remedy the situation forthwith and to ensure that the direction issued by this court for the availability of 700 MT is strictly observed on a daily basis, pending further orders." The Delhi government had informed the top court that it has computed the requirement of oxygen on the basis of the formula which has been adopted by the Union government. The top court noted that the Centre has not disputed the correctness of the computation on the basis of the formula. The bench said that at this stage, no contrary material has been placed on record by the Union government. "The attention of the court has not been drawn to any error in the methodology of computation, which has been adopted by GNCTD (Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi). GNCTD has drawn the attention of the court to the serious deficiency in the availability of oxygen. (IANS)

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