Maharashtra government confused over vaccination drive: Devendra Fadnavis

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government is completely confused about the upcoming vaccination drive a day after state minister Nawab Malik announced that COVID19 vaccine will be made available free for people in the age group of 18 to 45 yearsPrime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear yesterday itself that all the citizens in country will get free vaccination At the same time if some states want this process to be accelerated they have been given liberty to purchase directly from companies Fadnavis told reporters hereHe said Maharashtra has received the highest quantity of 435 lakh doses of Remdesivir and 1750 metric tonnes MT of medical oxygen which is twice the quantity received by any other state from the CentreFadnavis also said more than 1100 ventilators have been allotted to MaharashtraThose who have the habit of blaming the Central government every day should try to behave sensibly at least during the pandemic the Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Assembly saidMeanwhileMaharashtra state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant saidthe list shown by Fadnavis mentioning the names of states being supplied with the oxygen has most of companies from MaharashtraThe government of Maharashtra has been procuring 1250 MT of oxygen through these companies in the state Since these companies are located on the land of Maharashtra PM Modis permission is not required for procuring oxygen from them This capacity is Maharashtras own However Fadnavis has used this in the name of Modi and lying to give all the credit to Modi Sawant saidSawant further said that with the rise in the number of COVID19 patients the need for medical oxygen for Maharashtra has gone beyond1750 metric tonnesTherefore Maharashtra had demanded that the Centre supply 500 tonne more oxygen from other states in addition to its own capacity of 1250 tonnes Maharashtra is receiving 110 MT of oxygen every day from Bhilai 50 MT from Bellary 125 MT from Jamnagar and average 60 MT from Vizag from the Centre he saidThe Congress spokesperson further said that Oxygen Express has brought 110 metric tonne oxygen in only seven tankers till nowThe MVA had assessed that Maharashtra will require a total of 25000 MT oxygen in 15 days from April 15 to 30 Maharashtra has its own capacity to produce 17500 MT of oxygen in 15 days considering the daily production of 1250 tonnes per day Sawant saidHe said the Union government is supposed to supply 7500 MT of oxygen which comes at around 500 MT per day in these 15 daysBut at present the supply is only 345 MT per day from the Centre while transportation problems are affecting supply of the rest of assured oxygen Sawant saidIn this scenario Fadnavis is lying as he is trying to give credit to the prime minister for the oxygen supply Sawant addedBJP leaders became mentally unstable since they lost power in Maharashtra In the lust for power they have been misleading the masses and lying Although the Modi government is finding it difficult to supply even 500 metric tonnes of oxygen as demanded by Maharashtrait is unfortunate that BJP leaders are defaming the state by trying to take away its due credit he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever