New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today said that if any official at the Central, State or local administration was obstructing in the picking up or supply of oxygen, then it would ‘hang’ that person.
The Delhi government told the court that the system will ‘collapse’ if the capital doesn’t get 480 metric tonnes of oxygen. The worrying shortage of medical oxygen has been flagged by several hospitals which are overwhelmed by the thousands of new daily cases of Covid-19.
The court told the Delhi government to give it one instance of who was obstructing the oxygen supply and said ‘we will hang that man.’
‘We will not spare anyone,’ the bench added.
The Court also asked the State government to inform the Centre too about such officials of the local administration so that it could take action against them.
‘When will Delhi get 480 metric tonnes? Please tell us that,’ the court asked the Centre.