Delhi Election 2025 | Homelessness a Talking Point but No Respite from Political Battles and Bitter Cold
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Delhi Election 2025 | Homelessness a Talking Point but No Respite from Political Battles and Bitter Cold

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 15, 2025 17:46 IST - 10 MINS READ Outside the temporary shelter tents near Delhi’s AIIMS hospital, Ramkumari, a domestic help, sets up a wooden bed on the footpath. Rajvir Singh, director of night shelters at DUSIB, says an average of 150 people are picked up by the board’s rescue teams each night and brought to shelters across Delhi. “There is only one shelter that is disability friendly says Nitish Kumar adding that there is a dire need for shelters for transgender people. At a night shelter for women in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Basti, run by SPYM and DUSIB, Tara, the caretaker who has been working in the shelter for the past 10 years, tells Frontline: “Keeping these shelters hygienic is extremely challenging because of the large number of people. “Homeless people live in certain areas, such as close to railway stations, shrines, and labour chowks.” A blot on ‘beauty’ The Supreme Court’s orders in 2010, he points out, say that these shelters should be in locations where the concentration of homeless people is higher.

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New Indian Express  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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India TV News  

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New Indian Express  

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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