Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took a dig at the opposition for doing politics over the Covid-19 crisis when the Centre is adopting all possible measures to safeguard the lives of the people. The Centre took a multi-dimensional approach for safeguarding the lives of citizens. While the Modi govt was making diligent efforts to control Covid, opposition leaders were continuing with politics as usual, Shah tweeted. The Home Minister made the remarks in a tweet on Union Minister Prakash Javadekar s article published in a daily with the title Disinformation Crisis , saying: Do read Prakash Javadekar ji s article . In the article, Javadekar mentioned how the Covid situation across the country had improved considerably in early January and the number of daily new cases was declining continuously.
Asking the NTF to “commence work immediately” taking up the pressing issue of determining the modalities for oxygen expeditiously within a week, the Bench said it shall submit its recommendations from time to time. The tenure of the task force should be six months initially, it said.
The court made 12-point term of reference which included assessing and making recommendations for the entire country based on the need for availability and distribution of medical oxygen and to facilitate auditing by sub-groups within each state/UT.
According to an order passed by a Bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah, the Union Cabinet Secretary will be the NTF convener and the Union Health Secretary its ex officio member. The Cabinet Secretary might nominate an officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary to deputise for him, when necessary, it added.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM for increased oxygen allocation
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May 07, 2021 21:06 IST
She says daily supply of MO produced in West Bengal to other States has been increased from 230 MT to 360 MT
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She says daily supply of MO produced in West Bengal to other States has been increased from 230 MT to 360 MT
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday about diversion of medical oxygen from the State and urging that its allocation to the State be reviewed.
Mamata sends a letter to PM, stating oxygen requirement
Kolkata, May 7 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying with the surge in Covid cases, Bengal’s oxygen requirement is going up and at such a time, the Centre is diverting its oxygen supply to other states.
Ms Banerjee wrote to Mr Modi that Bengal’s consumption of medical oxygen has gone up from 470
MT to 550 MT per day over the past week.
“I wish to bring to your kind notice a very critical issue regarding supply of Medical Oxygen(MO) in the state of West Bengal,” the chief minister wrote in her letter.
Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday was sworn in as Bengal Chief Minister for a third time (File)
Kolkata:
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday - for a second time in two days - to highlight a potential shortfall in oxygen supply to the state, which is among those worst-affected by the second wave of coronavirus infections.
Ms Banerjee, sworn in as Chief Minister for a third time on Wednesday, flagged the increasing consumption of oxygen in the state and urged the centre to allocate more; she said the demand had already gone up to 470 metric tonnes per day, and was expected to rise to 550 MT.