Central govt increases Delhi’s quota of oxygen, CM Kejriwal tweets ‘We are grateful to Centre’

New Delhi: Amid reports of a severe oxygen crisis in the national capital, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday thanked Centre for increasing the quota of oxygen for the state hours after his deputy and fellow Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made the appeal at a press conference.

“Central govt has increased Delhi’s quota of oxygen. We r very grateful to centre for this,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.

Central govt has increased Delhi’s quota of oxygen. We r very grateful to centre for this.

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 21, 2021

Kejriwal on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to “urgently” provide oxygen to the national capital, saying that hospitals are facing acute shortage due to an unprecedented surge in cases.

ICU beds in Delhi hospitals were also filling up fast amid a surge in coronavirus infections.

St Stephen’s Hospital in the Tis Hazari area in Delhi was under acute shortage of oxygen with supply left for only two hours, said an official from the hospital.

“There are around 300 COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital. There is a limit of only two hours of oxygen supply. We are struggling and seek immediate help. Oxygen supplier Linde India has stopped our supply,” a hospital official told ANI on Wednesday.