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BIG STORY MAY 07, 2021 | The Indian Eye 4

covid-19 crisis

cOurts

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as the government fails to contain the spread of virus or provide relief to the nation,

the supreme court sets up a committee to oversee the distribution of oxygen and

medicines as various high courts pull up the government

Our Bureau
New Delhi

here is no other way of
putting it. The Indian
Tgovernment has not been
able to give much confidence
to its people as they face the
biggest crisis of their life. On
social media, ordinary Indians
are complaining that they feel
abandoned by the government.
Top ministers are making ef-
forts – and noise – about what
the government is doing but the
situation on the ground is ter-
rible. There is no leadership at
the moment.
In the vacuum, the country’s
courts – high courts and the Su-
preme Court – have stepped in
to guide the government by in-
structing, chiding and warning
it. It started with high courts of
various states and then Supreme
Court too started asking very
tough question of the govern-
ment. a COViD19 patient takes a breath with oxygen support for free at a Gurudwara (Sikh temple), amidst the spread
In a major development on of coronavirus disease, in Ghaziabad, on Thursday. (ani)
Saturday, the Supreme Court retary to the Union government ensure preparedness for future beyond finding ad-hoc solutions
set up a twelve-member Nation- as its convenor, the Court or- emergencies. to present problems.
al Task Force (NTF) to facili-
tate a public health response to dered. The order was passed by a Earlier on Friday, the Su-
COVID-19 based on scientific The NTF will specifically ad- Bench of Justices DY Chan- preme Court had told the Cen-
and specialized domain knowl- dress issues relating to stream- dradhud and MR Shah. Explain- tre that it has to ensure supply of
700 MT of oxygen to Delhi on
lining of oxygen allocation to dif- ing the rationale behind setting
edge. The NTF, which has med- ferent states, review and suggest up the NTF, the Court said that a daily basis until further direc-
ical experts and doctors from measures to ensure availability the establishment of such a task tions from the court, and made
across the country as its mem- of essential drugs and medicines, force will enable the decision it clear it will not be shy of tak-
bers, will have the Cabinet Sec-
and adopt remedial measures to makers to have inputs which go Continued on next page... >>

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