NEW DELHI, 04 May 2021 (TON): The Indian authorities in New Delhi have called for help from the Indian Army as the city grapples with a brutal wave of Covid-19 cases due to mismanagement of Indian health officials. Hospitals in the city are in crisis, with intensive care beds full and an acute shortage of medical oxygen.

Delhi's government wants the Army to run Covid care facilities and intensive care units as general public have taken law and order in their hands and protesting against Indian failure to handle the situation. Across India, case numbers since the start of the outbreak are closing in on 20 million and hundreds and thousands have to the streets to protest Indian authorities inefficiencies.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that with healthcare "overwhelmed... it will be a timely help to the people of Delhi if the Ministry of Defence, with the considerable resources at its command, is tasked with the responsibility to provide and man the additional Covid health facilities". He also asked for "urgent" help transporting much-needed oxygen.