Unidentified people on Wednesday stole oxygen cylinders when a truck went to deliver them at Damoh district hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh. “We have been told that as soon as the oxygen truck entered the hospital some people (started) looting cylinders despite the hospital having adequate supply of oxygen,” Damoh district collector Tarun Rathi was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. Reliance Industries Ltd ramped up its production of medical oxygen and it is being supplied free of cost to states which are severely affected by Covid-19, including Madhya Pradesh. The demand for oxygen went up in Maharashtra and Delhi as well. Delhi high court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre amid reports of a crisis in medical oxygen being reported from the national capital.

Source: Hindustan Times April 21, 2021 07:36 UTC