After spending a night at one of the night shelters in Jama Masjid area, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal issued notice to the director for the pathetic condition of the facility. The night shelter is run by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) and report on the details of the funds spent by the department have been sought.
Notice to T.K. Meena, Director, night shelter of DUSIB, was issued after Ms. Maliwal, along with DCW member Sarika Chaudhary and two volunteers, visited three night shelters in Nizamuddin and Jama Masjid areas on Saturday night.
A report of their visit and stay was sent to the government. As per Ms. Maliwal’s report, several anomalies like lack of potable water and toilets, no measures for the safety of women in the shelters, were noticed during her visit. “These night shelters are very unsafe for women and I came to know that many children had gone missing from there,” she said.
In her notice issued to the Director, she wrote: “Please provide a detailed point-wise status report which should include the steps that will be taken to improve the situation.” She also sought information regarding the preparations made by the DUSIB for the approaching winter and also asked for a list of temporary night shelters that the DUSIB was planning to setup during winter.
“Please provide details of all women and family night shelters in Delhi along with complete address and capacity. Also detail the additional arrangements which is planned by DUSIB for homeless women and children during the forthcoming winter season,” she wrote.
“Provide the number of complaints received for missing children along with the copies of First Information Report. Also inform about the status of each complaint and mention whether the child has been recovered or not,” she wrote in the letter to the Jama Masjid station house officer.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal has issued notice to the Director and sought a report on the details of the funds spent
