Delhi Court asks Centre to involve IITs, IIMs on oxygen supply

The Court suggests to Centre to involve experts and brilliant minds from IIMs on oxygen supply.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, April 4, 2021, pulled the Centre over the ongoing oxygen crisis in the capital. According to the tweets posted by a reputed media portal, the Delhi Court said IITs and IIMs will do a better job with oxygen distribution than the Centre. The comment came after the Delhi government on Tuesday presented statistics before the Delhi High Court stating that there are enough oxygen and oxygen cylinders, which are not being distributed properly. The Delhi government said, "Allocated oxygen is 1/3rd of what the tankers can transport since the total capacity of all tankers (cryogenic, nitrogen and argon tankers) is 1600+ MT."

"This shows there is absolutely no dearth of oxygen tankers to carry 8608 MT of oxygen throughout the country. We clearly have the tankers," argued the Delhi government. The high court said, "The facts and figures presented by the Delhi government are a matter of fact. You should hand over the distribution of oxygen tankers to an IIT or an IIM. They’ll do a much better job."

Pointing out that the Supreme Court has said that Delhi must get 700 MT, the Delhi Court added, today the whole country is crying for oxygen. The Court suggests to Centre to involve experts and brilliant minds from IIMs on oxygen supply.

While the Centre said it has supplied Delhi with 433 MT oxygen on Monday night, the Delhi government said it is not enough. "Even with 420 MT people are dying," said Delhi.

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