Set up Covid care centre at JNU in 2 weeks, HC tells Delhi govt
Delhi government’s additional standing counsel Rizwan told the court that the proposal has been sent to the health department and sought two weeks to complete the process.
The Delhi high court on Monday pulled up the state government over the delay in setting up a Covid care centre at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), despite the varsity earmarking an area in the campus, and gave the state two weeks to put the facility in place.
Justice Rekha Palli said the Delhi government “cannot be wasting time like this” when the cases are low and should have set up the Covid care centre long back.
Delhi government’s additional standing counsel Rizwan told the court that the proposal has been sent to the health department and sought two weeks to complete the process. “We have already sent the proposal on June 11. Give me just two weeks, most probably the approval will be given,” he said.
“What is the Delhi government doing? When things are in bad shape, then you land in soup and start blaming left, right and centre,” the bench remarked.
It granted two weeks to the Delhi government to finalise the proposal and set up a Covid-19 facility at the campus after petitioners – JNU Teachers Association, JNU Students Association and two faculty members – moved court in May this year seeking direction to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic situation at the varsity.
The matter will now be heard on August 13.