1130 Saurabh Malik Chandigarh, May 7 The residents of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh appear to be “children of a lesser god”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today asserted before directing the Centre to consider reorientation of oxygen supply for ensuring timely availability to the states for preventing loss of life. Describing the situation as “critical” warranting “immediate attention of the Union of India”, the Bench of Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karamjit Singh said the governments must draw a common strategy. The assertions came after amicus curiae Rupinder Khosla, the Congress-led Punjab Government and BJP-led Haryana Government attacked the Centre for complete disarray following oxygen shortfall. They submitted that instead of satisfying the oxygen requirements from nearby plants, the deficit was being fulfilled by transporting it from far-off places.