Supplied 730 MT O2 to Delhi, Centre tells Supreme Court

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 6

The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that instead of 700 MT oxygen, it had supplied 730 MT to Delhi on Wednesday against an allocation of 590 MT for treating Covid-19 patients.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a Bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah that a survey conducted in 56 major hospitals of the national capital on May 4 revealed that they had significant stock of liquid medical oxygen (LMO).

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express his gratitude on behalf of the people of Delhi for the supply of 730 MT oxygen. “I request you to supply the same amount of oxygen daily to Delhi,” he wrote. As Mehta submitted the oxygen supply to Delhi might come down to 560 MT in the next two days, the Bench said supplying 700 MT oxygen a day in terms of its order would help the national capital to build sufficient buffer stock to deal with the situation.