Anil Vij accuses Delhi of looting oxygen tanker

Tribune News Service

Ambala, April 21

Home and Health Minister Anil Vij has targeted the Delhi Government and accused it of looting a tanker carrying medical oxygen.

“On Tuesday, one of our oxygen tankers was on its way to Faridabad. The Delhi Government looted it en route. It is condemnable. If the state government engages in such activities, the health infrastructure will suffer. I have ordered that the police will escort all vehicles carrying medical oxygen,” he told the media here today.

He further said, “The supplies from Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan have stopped. Having said that, Haryana has sufficient stock of medical oxygen. The state is being forced to give oxygen to Delhi. It will meet its requirement first, before providing oxygen to others.”

On the alleged black marketing of Remdesivir, Vij said: “Haryana has two depots of Remdesivir. I have deployed drug dept officials there. The movement of every vial will be recorded. All pharmacists have been told to check Aadhaar cards of people asking for Remdesivir injections. The drug department has been conducting raids and we have already arrested four people for selling Remdesivir on the black market.”