Offering compensation to the families of Covid patients who lose their lives due to lack of oxygen supply, he added. The committee of officials had been tasked to look into complaints of deaths due to lack of oxygen and draw up the criteria to award compnesation of up to Rs 5 lakh in such cases under the state's schemes, including Rs 50,000 to the kin of those who had died due to Covid-19. However, the AAP Government needed the approval of lieutenant governor Anil Baijal for forming the committee following the recent amendments to Government of National Capital Territory Act. According to sources, the LG denied approval the committee because supreme court had already formed a panel for audit of supply, utilisation and distribution of oxygen supply in Delhi. The committee, which was formed on rector Max Hospital's Sandeep budiraja and IAS officers from the Centre and Delhi government. The same committee could consider the complaints of deaths due to oxygen shortage. After deputy CM Manish Sisodia stated that the Centre had denied approval to the committee formed by the AAP government to compensate families that lost members due to oxygen shortage durign the second Covid Wave in the capital, Delhi BJP spokesperson the deputy CM was misleading the people. It is sad to watch the deputy CM playing dirty politics on a sensitive matter like compensation for patients who died due to failure of oxygen supply. Sisodia said that the Centre has rejected a compensation committee formed by Delhi government on May 27. Nothing can be more misleading than this, Kappor said. The suprrme court had on May 8 formed a committee for audit of supply, utilisation and distribution of oxygen supply in Delhi and it included AIIMS director from the Centre and Delhi government as members. "This Supreme Court committee was working for 10 days, when Delhi government suddenly jumped in to form a separate committee on May 27.
