War of words between DCs continues

The conflict of words between the Deputy Commissioners of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar over the dying of COVID-19 sufferers in Chamarajanagar district hospital attributable to non-availability of oxygen continued on Wednesday with the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru Rohini Sindhuri clarifying that she neither rationed nor managed oxygen provides to Chamarajanagar.

“I categorically state that as Deputy Commissioner Mysuru, I did not ration or control oxygen supplies to Chamarajanagar district or any other district”, Ms Sindhuri mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.

She accused the Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner of making allegations by releasing press statements in opposition to her within the context of oxygen provides to Chamarajanagar even when the matter is underneath inquiry as per the orders of the State authorities.

“…Chamarajanagar Deputy, without waiting for the enquiry to be completed, continues to make false allegations against Deputy Commissioner Mysuru in the media”, she mentioned.

She mentioned the oxygen provides to a district are left to be determined fully between the provider/re-filler and the district administration. The Deputy Commissioner of one other district has no function or authority within the matter. “For example, Mysuru’s oxygen supplies are from Ballari. If the supplier from Ballari supplies less, I cannot blame Deputy Commissioner, Ballari”, she reasoned earlier than arguing that it was the duty of the district to handle their very own provides.

If any oxygen provider doesn’t meet the necessities of a district, an intervention ought to be made by the State-level officers, she mentioned. “The DC Chamarajanagar should have coordinated with these state-level officers and got his supplies. He failed to do that and is now blaming DC Mysuru”, she mentioned within the assertion.

“As a matter of fact, Mysuru district, upon emergency request from Chamarajanagar, took out 40 oxygen cylinders out of its own district hospital on the night of 2nd May 2021 and sent to Chamarajanagar”, she claimed.

Ms. Sindhuri’s assertion is in response to Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar M.R. Ravi’s assertion on Tuesday that Mysuru district administration didn’t reply correctly to the medical emergency and the midnight disaster within the Chamarajanagar district hospital as Chamarajanagar, a backward district, was utterly depending on neighbouring Mysuru for provide of oxygen.

Mr. Ravi had additionally disputed the claims of Ms. Sindhuri that 250 oxygen cylinders had been delivered to Chamarajanagar. The declare of Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru is “far from truth”, he had mentioned.

The Mysuru Deputy Commissioner’s clarification on Wednesday was additionally adopted by a press release issued by the Deputy Drugs Controller, Mysuru Region, Mysuru, with the main points of the oxygen provided to Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences from refillers in Mysuru. The assertion mentioned a complete of 251 cylinders had been dispatched between 10.20 a.m. of May 2 and three.15 a.m. of May 3.