Shelter for homeless
NEW DELHI: At least 3 million homeless people across the country are having to sleep outdoors in the bitter winter this year and state governments have done scant little to provide shelters for them, the Supreme Court commissioners have said in their 'National Report on Homelessness'.
They noted that all 15 states studied were in partial or complete violation of SC orders to set up permanent shelters for the homeless before the onset of winter.
Delhi, ironically one of the better performers, was required to set up 129 permanent shelters for the homeless but only 64 have come up even as peak winter is here. Of these, only 41 were permanent in nature and 21 were found shut.
Read more:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/11420731.cms
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