Delhi Covid Lockdown news live: Put your house in order, HC tells Kejriwal govt
The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas reached the national capital early Tuesday morning. The number of Covid deaths in a day in Delhi touched 380 on Monday — the highest till date. Earlier, on Thursday and Saturday, the capital had reported 357 deaths in a day. With the lockdown extended by a week, the crowds of migrant workers returning to their home villages began to swell again at the city’s bus terminals. Government officials claimed they were mostly going back to UP for the panchayat elections, but the lockdown extension had brought more searching for buses on Monday. Stay with TOI for all updates
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HC directs Delhi govt to file report on number of deaths of Covid-19 patients in hospitals and nursing homes due to shortage of oxygen. (PTI)
Delhi HC says it made no request for creating 100-bed facility in Hotel Ashoka for its judges as stated in news reports. (PTI)
Delhi high court asks Delhi Government to file affidavit mentioning the status of the stock of liquid and gaseous oxygen with refillers by 10 am tomorrow. (ANI)
Delhi high court to Delhi government on cylinder refilling units: Our confidence has shaken, you put your house in order. (ANI)
Delhi high court directs Delhi Government to take the record from all pharmacies on supply of Remdesivir, Dexamethasone and Fabiflu and other drugs, and to conduct a random audit to ascertain any black marketing,
Delhi HC says Delhi govt has to pull up its socks with respect to the distribution of not only liquid oxygen but also oxygen cylinders. There's no account being kept on how they're further supplying O2 to hospitals/individuals, leading to an artificial black market, says court. (ANI)
Delhi high court notes that it transpires that substantial quantity is supplied to cylinder refillers but there is no mechanism to monitor further supply from them. (ANI)
Delhi high court issues contempt notice to those oxygen cylinder refillers who were not present during the hearing today. HC says we are surprised that the order passed by the Delhi govt was not taken into consideration by cylinder refillers. (ANI)
Delhi HC issues contempt notice, asks Delhi govt to take action against erring cylinder dealers. The court order came when it was informed by Delhi Heart and Lung Institute that they are facing oxygen shortage and the concerned nodal officer is helpless. (ANI)
Delhi high court suggests Delhi government to get information from all hospitals and pharmacies on the supply of Remdesivir and other drugs. HC suggests Delhi govt to appoint accounting officers. (ANI)
Centre raps Delhi govt for failure to resolve logistical issues to procure oxygen
The Centre has rapped the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for its alleged failure to arrange tankers for transportation of oxygen for the city's hospitals and said pro-active actions by it could have "avoided tragic incidents".
Delhi High Court shows displeasure with the reports of black marketing of oxygen cylinders. The Court tells Delhi govt to take them (black marketers) in custody, says - you have powers to take action. (ANI)
Delhi HC shows displeasure and says that this cylinder (oxygen) business is a complete mess. Court asks Delhi govt to put the house in order; says people have to buy it in black for lakhs, which costs merely a few hundred rupees only. (ANI)
Senior advocate Rahul Mehra, appearing for Delhi government, tells court that he will talk with officers and ensure the Venkateshwara hospitals gets oxygen supply. (ANI)
Counsel appearing for Venkateshwera Hospital, Dwarka seeks court intervention as the hospital is running out of oxygen, and seeks court direction to supply oxygen to it urgently.
Delhi chief secretary Vijay Dev informs the court that they have requested all suppliers to give details of oxygen tankers arriving at their centre in Delhi, the quota will then be allocated for three days. (ANI)
We're going to set up 44 Oxygen Plants in Delhi within the next one month - 8 of these are being installed by Centre. The remaining 36 are being installed by Delhi Govt, 21 plants coming from France & 15 plants from within the country itself: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
I'd written to many industrialists of the country in last 4-5 days. I'd also written to CMs & sought help. We are receiving tremendous support, we have received offers from many people. Many of them are helping. I thank everyone who is helping Delhi govt
Arvind Kejriwal
We are importing 21 ready-to-use Oxygen plants from France. They can be brought to use immediately. These will be installed at different hospitals and this will help us in resolving Oxygen crisis in those hospitals
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