Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the national capital Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, November 15.
The CM along with discussing COVID-19 is also expected to bring up the issue of rising pollution with Amit Shah.
Kejriwal may seek further assistance from the Central government apart from beds, including cooperation by other states in controlling pollution which is increasing during the festival season.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had earlier urged the home minister to help the Delhi government in handling the alarming Covid-19 situation and sought additional beds in the Centrally run hospitals in the city.
Steps to control the pandemic will also be amongst major points of discussion during the meeting.
According to sources, the meeting is going to be held at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's official residence.
On Friday, Delhi had reported 7,802 new COVID-19 cases out of the 56,553 samples that were tested.
A total of 4,74,830 people have so far been infected by the virus in the national capital, of which 7,423 have succumbed to the dreaded disease. On a positive note, 4,23,078 people have recovered and the city presently has 44,300 active cases.
Along with spiralling COVID-19 cases, pollution has been a major cause of concern for the people of Delhi in recent days. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is continuously staying in 'poor' to 'very poor' category, and with crackers burnt on Diwali yesterday the quality of air in the city is definitely going to concern a lot of people.
(With agency inputs)