Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the tragic incident at Chamarajanagar, where 24 Covid patients allegedly died in a duration of 24 hours at the District Hospital for want of Medical Oxygen, K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh has blamed lack of co-ordination between the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts. Addressing a press meet at his office here this morning, Mahesh maintained that the Government had entered into a contract with oxygen manufacturers and suppliers for supplying Medical Oxygen cylinders to all districts in accordance with the stipulated quota, according to which Chamarajanagar district is assigned to get about 300 cylinders a day. “I have information that Mysuru district administration at a meeting held in city recently, had exerted pressure on Controller of Drugs at Bengaluru to distribute only 150 cylinders to Chamarajanagar and 100 cylinders to Mandya and divert the rest to Mysuru. Although the vehicle that transports oxygen cylinders to Chamarajanagar stood waiting at Southern Gas Company in Mysuru for long hours, the gas manufacturer had dispatched only 100 cylinders and that too in batches when Chamarajanagar desperately needed more number of cylinders,” he claimed.