Delhi Had Big Role In Current Oxygen Crisis: Sources To NDTV

Plans for oxygen plants in Delhi were drawn last year and tenders given out in October

The Arvind Kejriwal government is responsible for Delhi's current oxygen crisis in more ways than one, government sources have indicated. Pointing to the proposed oxygen plants in four hospitals that would be supported by the PM-Cares fund, sources said the Delhi government had not done its homework on these. Sources in the Railway Ministry also said that even now, the Delhi government has not provided cryogenic tankers for the 'Oxygen Express'. The Delhi government brushed it off as "outrightly false statements" given by the centre to "hide its abject failure in setting up of PSA oxygen plants in Delhi". Four plants, one each at Deen Dayal Upadhya Hospital, Lok Nayak Hospital, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital Rohini, and Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital are expected to be completed by the end of April. Plans for the plants were drawn last year and tenders given out in October. But sources said the site readiness for these hospitals was delayed by the Delhi government despite weekly reviews November last year.