But there is a huge shortage of medicines, beds, oxygen and other medical facilities necessary to deal with this disease. Calling for decentralisation of healthcare provisions, he said that handing over MPLADS funds to public representatives who know their areas well would be an important step in enabling them to provide relief to the people of their respective constituencies. Reacting to Ali’s letter, BJP national spokesperson Gopal Agarwal said that government is committed to effective utilisation of all the funds. Meanwhile, the district magistrate of Amroha, Ali’s constituency, claimed that the medical facilities there were at par with those of any other district. Amroha district has a population of over 1.8 million and has 1,133 villages in six blocks and 601 gram panchayats.

Source: Hindustan Times May 04, 2021 07:37 UTC