Telangana High Court shows strict mode on oxygen and medicine supply by centre government. On Friday two judge panel of HC, comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijayasen Reddy expressed serious dissatisfaction against the Central government for its inability to cope with oxygen and medicine supplies required in the State. Here it is to be noted that while judges taking note of the collective submissions made by Senior Counsel L Ravichander, Prabhakar Chikkudu, Vasuda Nagaraj, and others, the panel also directed the Centre to file a detailed affidavit explaining the deficiencies by April 27. This panel hearing through video conferencing.
Let us share here that the panel pointed out various deficiencies in the status report filed by the officers. Pointing out at the report, the panel observed that of the 19 lakh tests conducted in the State for the last 21 days, only 3 lakh are RTPCR and that too a major portion of them are conducted in GHMC, Medchal- Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, and Sangareddy districts.
While hearing upon petition, the court had called upon the State to constitute an advisory committee under the Disaster Management Act to deal with the increase in the cases. Dealing with the government order overnight curfew, the panel noted that these restrictions do not address the spike that can be traced back to marriage functions, political rallies, and other congregations that do not have a cap if conducted outdoors. The Chief Justice stated that as municipal elections in five districts are approaching, there is a high possibility of a spike during the said time and the panel directed the State to issue SOPs in polling booths and directed the State to indicate steps taken to curb political rallies in the next status report.
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