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Watch: In Aligarh relatives of Covid-19 patients complain there is no oxygen but authorities deny it

Residents of the Uttar Pradesh city have alleged that only the rich and influential are able to procure oxygen in the black market.

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#UttarPradesh Oxygen Crisis in Aligarh: Thread
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Angry relatives of Covid patients allege shortfall of #Oxygen in the city & that people with links or the influential are stocking up cylinders, they also allege black marketing of oxygen. Watch their desperation & misery pic.twitter.com/2a9tpWK9KB
— Noman (@nomansiddiqui) May 6, 2021

"My father is admitted & I am not able to find oxygen, I am a poor man, my father will die...." another man alleges he has been running pillar to post to find oxygen in Aligarh pic.twitter.com/PsUq89UK3Y
— Noman (@nomansiddiqui) May 6, 2021

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