10 community halls become night shelters for homeless

December 23, 2014 08:26 am | Updated 08:27 am IST - NEW DELHI:

A homeless man braves the cold wave in the Capital. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

A homeless man braves the cold wave in the Capital. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

With North India in the grip of cold wave, the Delhi Development Authority has decided to convert ten of its community halls into temporary night shelters for the homeless.

DDA Vice-Chairman Balvinder Kumar has directed ten community halls to be handed over to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to set up temporary night shelters, which would be available till January 31, 2015, to tide over the acute winter of Delhi.

The move comes in pursuance of the directions of the Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung.

The community halls are located at Dwarka, D-Block, Pocket-3, Bindapur; Dwarka, Block-E, Bindapur; Dwarka, Sector-1, Isolated Pocket – 15, Mahavir Enclave, Dwarka and Pocket-21-A, Naseerpur.

Besides these, there are others at Rohini, Sector-B-7; Naharpur Village, Rohini; North Sec. B-2, Narela; Sector –B2, Pocket-F, Narela; South-Village Masoodpur, Masoodpur; East-Near Police Station Krishna Nagar; Kanti Nagar; and Phase-III Kondli Gharoli.

It is to be noted that the Delhi High Court has been pulling up the Delhi government and also the DUSIB over lack of proper night shelters for homeless.

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