Mangaluru: DC clears air about shortage of oxygen in Dakshina Kannada; Here's what he said
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. KV Rajendra on Monday cleared the air about the possible shortage of oxygen at the hospitals in the district. The DC noted that the district currently has adequate oxygen and that it was not facing any shortage of medical oxygen.
He also added that the district has procured enough oxygen cylinders to deal contain any possible shortage.
“Eight private hospitals in Dakshina Kannada district have oxygen storage facility while there are three refilling facilities in Mangaluru city that produce 10 tons of oxygen daily. The district also receives 20 tons of oxygen every week from other districts. So the district has enough supply of oxygen to meet the demand” he said.
He further added 800 jumbo oxygen cylinders will be supplied to the district from Kerala and further supply has also been arranged from the Jindal plant in Bellary.
“Right now we have oxygen for over 24-hours and we are still getting supplies of oxygen. So we will not slip into a crisis like shortage of oxygen” DC affirmed.
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Surat LS candidate Nilesh Kumbhani whose nomination form was rejected suspended from Congress
Ahmedabad, Apr 25: The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended from the party for six years its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies leading to the BJP's Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed.
A statement from the Congress said the party's disciplinary committee decided to suspend Kumbhani after thorough discussion, adding it had come to the conclusion that the nomination form was rejected due to gross negligence on his part or "in connivance with the BJP".
"To be fair to you we have given time to you to explain your case but instead of coming before the party disciplinary committee you have gone incommunicado. After your form was rejected by the authorities, BJP went ahead and got form of other eight candidates withdrawn. This has deprived people of Surat their voting rights," the Congress disciplinary committee headed by Balu Patel said.
"People of Surat and party workers have become very angry due to your action and are expressing their anger in different ways. The Congress party has decided to suspend you for six years from the party," the press note said.
Kumbhani's nomination form was rejected on April 21 after his three proposers submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on the document was not theirs.
The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress' substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated on the same grounds.
In his order, Returning Officer Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were rejected after prima facie discrepancy was found in the signatures of the proposers and they did not appear to be genuine.
Kumbhani, a former corporator from Surat, had unsuccessfully fought the 2022 Assembly polls from Kamrej there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency on April 22 after all other nominees, including one from BSP, withdrew from the fray one by one on the last day of withdrawing papers.
