There is no estimate of migrant labourers workers in the city that are homeless but all the shelters have already been authorised to accommodate them at night taking a nominal ₹10, according to GVMC Urban Community Development Centre Project Director D. Srinivasan.
To further improve availability, it is now proposed to move those permanently staying in the shelters to an old age home to be set up by GVMC. The home is expected to be ready in a month or two. This will make more room available in the shelters to labourers.
Mr. Srinivasan, however, is of the view that migrant workers rent accommodation and the transit halt is required more by people who come from Anakapalle or Narsipatnam or other interior areas to hospitals or other work and need to stay for a day or two and the facilities will help them, he says.
In the next one, two months, GVMC intends to open two more night shelters, he says. However, there is problem with the homeless not ready to come to shelter since they get food or earn by begging etc at populated city areas.DS
