Appears Delhi govt hasn’t taken steps to create buffer stock of medical oxygen: HC

The high court also asked the Delhi govt to create storage facilities for liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders, and streamline its distribution.

A health worker checks oxygen cylinders at a makeshift Covid-19 quarantine facility set up in a banquet hall in New Delhi | Representational image | Bloomberg

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it appears that the Delhi government has not taken steps for creation of a buffer of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) and for streamlining its distribution in the national capital.

A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said it is for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to explore the various possibilities to create storage facilities for LMO and oxygen cylinders in the city.

The court said that the GNCTD may take help of the Delhi Technological University to prepare a blueprint for storage and distribution of oxygen in the city.

It said the obligation to create an oxygen buffer fell on both the Centre and GNCTD as per the Supreme Court’s April 30 order.