'Enough is enough': HC pulls up Centre over oxygen crisis in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Saturday came down hard on the Centre over oxygen scarcity in Delhi, as the city grapples with a surge in Covid cases.
The Centre must supply the 490 metric tonnes of oxygen it has allocated for Delhi today itself, or face contempt, the court said.
"Water has gone above the head. Now we mean business. You (Centre) will arrange everything now," it said.
The national capital is seeing a huge surge in Covid cases and the number of patients requiring hospital treatment, leading to an acute shortage of oxygen.
On Saturday itself, eight patients died at Delhi's Batra Hospital after it ran out of oxygen. The dead included a doctor serving at the hospital.
"Enough is enough," the court said, taking note of the incident at Batra Hospital.
It questioned the Centre about why four oxygen tankers, meant for Delhi, have not yet been released by Rajasthan government despite orders.
In a terse indictment of the Centre, the court said, "Do you mean we will shut our eyes to people dying in Delhi?"
Hospitals across the national capital had sent out SOS messages last week about depleting supplies of oxygen.
The Delhi government has maintained that the city is not getting its allocated quantity of the life-saving gas.